Rikvani

Rikvani
Риквани
РикIвани
Village
Interactive map of Rikvani
Coordinates: 42°46′N 46°18′E / 42.767°N 46.300°E / 42.767; 46.300
CountryRussia
Federal subjectDagestan
DistrictBotlikh
Population
 (2010[1])
 • Total
717
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Postal Code
368984

Rikvani (Russian: Риквани; Avar: РикIвани) is a small village in Botlikh district in Dagestan, Russia

Geographical location

It is located 14 km northeast of the village Botlikh, on the left bank of the Unsatlen River.

Language

The villagers speak the their own dialect of the Andi language.[2] In 1981, a linguistic expedition Department of Structural and Applied Linguistics of the Faculty of Philology MSU led by A. E. Kibrik visited the village.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Алексеев - Андийский язык". www.philology.ru. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  3. ^ Vladimir Borshchev. Expedition to Andi, August 1981 (memories)