Talk:Godoberi Language

Hi I am Jake from your class. This page is very good so far. There is some relevant information that you could add to make it better. In the section labeled "Status" - You could add more info about the current status of the language- On EL: it says that it is 80% certain that this language is endangered. It also claims that 2,400- 4,000 native speakers are now present worldwide. Most of these speakers are located in communities in which Russian and Avar are the main languages (you already touch upon this). There is not a lot of information on this language that I was able to find but you should check out this source: - According to that website Avar is the main written language form for the people who speak Godoberi- you can include this in your lead. It also has a picture of the alphabet which you can use under the "Grammar" section — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakedit (talk • contribs) 16:37, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

History
Can provide some detail about the development and history of this language in the lead and perhaps you can make it it's own section if there is enough relevant information available. This source can be helpful: - Here it discusses how the native speakers came to Dagestan eight or nine centuries before Christ. Before they converted to Islam around the 15th century the speakers of Godoberi were mostly Christian and animisitc: meaning that they believed that objects such as plants possessed souls, along with natural phenomena and the universe itself. "Their primary occupation is agriculture, horticulture and cattle breeding. They also tend vinyards and beehives. They have a patriarichal society and large families. The Godaberi have very rich folklore and many legends about their national heroes and about how their villages were created."... All of this inofrmation is very relevant to the history and traditions of the native speakers of this language — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakedit (talk • contribs) 16:48, 7 April 2017 (UTC) Another source that has relevant information for the history is this: - Discusses here how until the 1930s the native speakers of Godoberi were considered to be a distinct ethnic group but now have assimilated. According to this source, Now Godoberi is considered to be a dialect of Avar and up until the 1930s the language was considered to distinct.

Alphabet
Not sure if this worked, but there is a picture under the first source- joshua project

Religion
All speakers of Godoberi are Sunni Muslims and practice animism: meaning that they worship nature — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakedit (talk • contribs) 16:58, 7 April 2017 (UTC)