Hadrut is located in the south of the Republic of Artsakh, it was one of the regional centers of the NKAO. Before the occupation by Azerbaijan, the Hadrut region had 1 urban and 28 rural communities with 41 rural settlements. At present, the people of Hadrut have found refuge in different settlements of the Republic of Armenia deprived of the opportunity to return to their homeland: another unique dialect of Armenian is in danger of extinction.

KeywordsHadrut dialect Karabakh dialect Ս (S) branch phonetic features grammatical features dialect communities analytical forms pronouns participle continuative tenses.