Tabasaran (also written
Tabassaran) is a
Northeast Caucasian language of the
Lezgic branch. It is spoken by the
Tabasaran people in southern part of the
Russian Republic of
Dagestan. There are two main dialects: North (Khanag) and South Tabasaran. It has a literary language based on the Southern dialect, one of the official languages of Dagestan.