Ingilo Georgian. Preserving, Losing, Recovering: Linguistic Aspects Of Cross-Border Language Contact Situations

Authors : Marina BERIDZE, Maka TETRADZE, Zakharia POURTSKHVANIDZE

Pages : 11-25

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Publication Date : 2023-02-14

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Ingilo Georgian is a cross-border dialect of the Georgian language spoken in Western Azerbaijan. It is a crucial part of the Georgian dialectal continuum. Its distinguishing features are motivated by the heavy linguistic contact with the Azerbaijani language. The approximately hundred-year history of linguistic research of Ingilo Georgian provides a solid base to place the study on a broad field of linguistic comparison. With this contribution, we wish to start this process. The most characteristic grammatical features of Ingilo Georgian are highlighted and compared with other dialects of Georgian on the basis of the Georgian dialect corpus data. The historical depth of the empirical evidence of Georgian allows a comparison to both old and modern standard Georgian from the diachronic perspective as well.
Keywords : Gürcüce, Dil Adası Araştırması, Etkileşimsel Dilbilim, Dil Ekolojisi