Tsudaqar (also Tsudakhar, Cudaxar[1]) is a Dargin language, quite different from the literary variety,[2] spoken by over 33,000 people[3] in the Levashinsky and Akushinsky Districts, Novy Kostek in Khasavyurtovsky District, and Novokare in Babayurtovsky District, Dagestan.

It is considered to be threatened with extinction, being transmitted to children, but not by all families.

[2][4] In modern times, work is underway to revitalize Tsudaqar and create an alphabet for the language.

Lessons for learning Tsudaqar are available online, and there is a YouTube channel Цудахарское общество which promotes Tsudaqar culture, history and life.

[6] /ɑ/ /b/ /w/ /g/ /ʁ/ /h/ /ʡ/ /ʡʼ/ /d/ /e/; /je/ /eˤ/ /ʒ/ /z/ /i/ /j/ /k/ /kː/ /qː/ /qʼ/ /kʼ/ /l/ /m/ /n/ /о/ /p/ /pː/ /pʼ/ /r/ /s/ /sː/ /t/ /tː/ /tʼ/ /u/ /f/ /χ/ /χː/ /q/ /x/ /xː/ /ħ/ /t͡s/ /t͡sː/ /t͡sʼ/ /t͡ʃ/ /t͡ʃː/ /t͡ʃʼ/ /ʃ/ /ʔ/ /e/; /ʔe/ /ju/ /uˤ/ /ja/ /ʃː/ The letters о, ф, ы, ё, ь are only found in loanwords.