Gudava, T. Bagvalal Language: Grammatical Analysis and Texts (Bagvaluri ena: Gramatikuli analizi da tekstebi), 1971. In Georgian.

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ბაგვალური ენა: გრამატიკული ანალიზი და ტექსტები.
საქ. სსრ მეცნ. აკადემია. ენათმეცნიერების ინ-ტი.
თბილისი: მეცნიერება, 1971.
243 გვ. ; 22 სმ. ტირაჟი — 1000 ც. მყარი ყდა.
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T. Gudava.
Bagvalal Language: Grammatical Analysis and Texts (Bagvaluri ena: Gramatikuli analizi da tekstebi).
Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR. Institute of Linguistics.
Tbilisi: Metsniereba, 1971.
243 pp. ; 22 cm. Edition of 1000 copies. Hardcover.

This 1971 academic monograph by Togo Gudava is a fundamental contribution to the documentation of the Bagvalal language, an endangered North Caucasian language belonging to the Andic group. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the Bagvalal linguistic system, including the arrangement of its complex phonological features, noun class system, and intricate verbal morphology. Published by the "Metsniereba" house of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, this work serves as a vital primary source for documenting the unique grammatical structures and folklore of the Bagvalal people, who primarily reside in the Tsumada district of Dagestan.  In addition to a rigorous grammatical analysis, Gudava includes a collection of original texts with Georgian translations, preserving oral traditions and linguistic nuances that are critical for historical-comparative research. As a scholarly edition with a limited print run of 1000 copies, this volume is an essential bibliographical rarity for caucasiologists, field linguists, and researchers focused on the genetic relationships between the indigenous languages of the Caucasus.