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I. D i b i r o v, Kh. I b r a g i m o v a (Makhachkala)
The Avar-Georgian Lexical Parallels
(on an example of Zakatal dialect)
Direct Avar-Georgian language contacts are found out in territory
Zakatal-Belokan and areas of Kakhsk in Azerbaijan.
Long joint residing of carriers of various dialects of Avar and Georgian
languages has created favorable conditions for interaction of the language
phenomena.
The considered area has rich ethnic, cultural history, has differences in
the structurally-typological and genetic attitude languages which developed in
interaction with each other.
Research arial mutual relations, and including Georgian-Avar linguistic
communications in which it will be revealed structural and material generality
of contact character, probably, becomes a step forward in a direction of
recognition the presence of a certain language union within the limits of the
Caucasian region.
As it is known the conditions of favorable loan, the official status and
greater or smaller social prestige of both languages which have any contacts
also mentioned there. The prestige is defined by volume of communicative
functions, prescription of literary traditions, and a social status of native
speakers. In this plan for Caucasus especially Georgian language which has rich
literary tradition since V century played an important role.
In current of the certain period of history of language contacts carriers
Zakatal dialect of Avar language were bilingual. The reasons of occurrence the
bilingual were: trade and economic relations, and also penetration into region
the christianity.
As is known, depending on what of two language collectives the contact
was bilingual; it is possible to establish the direction of corresponding
influence. In our case the certain part of Avar region was bilingual. They are
inhabitants of villages Kabakhcheli, Mazumkara, Poshtbina, etc. As it is
necessary to recognize result of language contacts, developed in bilingual
collective skills of a pronunciation of sounds alien to the native language and
sound complexes.
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