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Rikvani

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Rikvani
Риквани
РикIвани
Village
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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

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

Language

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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

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  1. ^ https://dagstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/dagstat/resources/b698fa00421f084fbfb3ff2d59c15b71/%D0%92%D0%9F%D0%9D+%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC1.rar [dead link]
  2. ^ "Алексеев - Андийский язык". www.philology.ru. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  3. ^ Vladimir Borshchev. Expedition to Andi, August 1981 (memories)