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Andi is a Northeast Caucasian language belonging to the Avar–Andic branch spoken by about 5,800 ethnic Andi (2010) in the region of . The language is spoken in the villages (along the river Andi-Koisu), The peoples of the Red Book: Akhvakhs , , , , Chanko, Zilo, and .


Dialects
There are four main dialects, Munin, , , and Gagatl, which appear quite divergent. However, the dialects can be said to vary between villages: the "upper-group" contains Andi, Gagatl, Rikvani, and Zilo (where Andi and Zilo are considered their own dialects), whereas the "lower-group" contains Munin and Kvanxidatl. The upper-group lacks the affricate sound кьI.


Phonology
Andi has 43 consonants:

There are five vowels: .


Orthography
Although Andi is usually unwritten, there are attempts to write the language using Russian Cyrillic script. Speakers generally use or as their literary language(s). There have been some 19th-century texts written in Andi.
(2026). 9785789500415, Izd-vo "I︠U︡piter".

The 2015 translation of the Gospel of Luke uses the following alphabet: А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гъ гъ, Гъгъ гъгъ, Гь гь, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, ЖӀ жӀ, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Кк кк, Къ къ, Кь кь, КӀ кӀ, КӀкӀ кӀкӀ, Л л, Лъ лъ, Лълъ лълъ, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Сс сс, Т т, ТӀ тӀ, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хх хх, Хъ хъ, Хь хь, Ц ц, Цц цц, ЦӀ цӀ, ЦӀцӀ цӀцӀ, Ч ч, Чч чч, ЧӀ чӀ, ЧӀчӀ чӀчӀ, Ш ш, Щ щ, ъ, ы, ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

A 2018 primer uses the following alphabet:

А аБ бВ вГ гГӀ гӀГь гьГъ гъГъӀ гъӀД дЕ е
Ё ёЖ жЖъ жъЖъӀ жъӀЗ зИ иЙ йК кКӀ кӀКь кь
Къ къКъӀ къӀЛ лЛӀ лӀЛь льЛъ лъЛъӀ лъӀМ мН нО о
П пПӀ пӀР рС сТ тТӀ тӀУ уФ фХ хХӀ хӀ
Хь хьХъ хъЦ цЦӀ цӀЦъӀ цъӀЧ чЧӀ чӀЧъӀ чъӀШ шЩ щ
Ъ ъЬ ьӀЭ эЮ юЯ я


Grammar
Andi has 7 different series of localization: the meaning "inside" changes by number (singular -ла/-а, plural -хъи: гьакъу-ла 'in a home', гьакъоба-хъи 'in houses'). Number categories are expressed through ( имуво воцци в-усон 'The father found the brother', but имуво воццул в-осон 'The father found the brothers'). In the village , there is a difference between the speech of men and women; a man will say, for example, дин meaning 'I', мин meaning 'you', гьекIа 'person', but a woman will say ден 'I', мен 'you', гьекIва 'person'.


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