Lexical and some phonetic features of the Kizlyar dialect of a Terek rivers dialect of the Kumyk language in an areal and historical and etymological context
The considered dialect is among the least studied in the dialect system of the Kumyk language. As separate aspects of the dialect have already been analysed the purpose of this article is to continue and deepen (with systemic attraction of the other Kumyk dialects and adjacent Turkic languages) the existing study of lexical features of this dialect not only in areal, but also in actually historical and etymological aspects taking into account vocalic features. As a result of the analysis of lexical and some phonetic features of the dialect with attraction of historical data and the data of adjacent Turkic languages the author of the article has proved additional arguments testifying to more extensive western areal limits of distribution of the Kumyk language during the considered era. Their application to other Kumyk dialects has allowed to specify time of migration of carriers of Eastern (Bragunsky) dialect of the Tersky dialect to the southern Kumyk historic area Kaytag. Also facts of lexical and phonetic (vocalic) similarities of this dialect to the Kaitag and piedmont Kumyk dialects were established which are supported by the same similarities with Azerbaijan language adjacent to the named dialects.