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While Mehweb is a typical representative of the northern branch of Dargin, its isolation, estimated to span from 300 to 1000 years, combined with the development of a distinct identity and influence from Avar and Lak, has led many to consider it as a separate language.
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Mehweb is an unwritten language, and speakers use Avar or
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Eastern Europe (draft)".
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1454:. Languages of the Caucasus. Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press.
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The Mehweb language: essays on phonology, morphology and syntax
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1499:"Double causatives, lability and elusive agent in Mehweb"
1412:Дурхъаси хазна. Сборник статей к 60-летию Р. О. Муталова
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1382:(3rd ed.). Routledge.
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1403:Коряков, Юрий (2021).
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