Avar language
Northeast Caucasian language of the Avars of Dagestan, North Caucasus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the language spoken in Dagestan. For the language spoken in medieval Europe, see Pannonian Avars § Language.
Not to be confused with the Afar language or the Awar language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
Avar (магӏарул мацӏ, maǥarul macʼ [maʕarul mat͡sʼ], "language of the mountains" or авар мацӏ, awar macʼ [awar mat͡sʼ], "Avar language"), also known as Avaric,[3][4] is a Northeast Caucasian language of the Avar–Andic subgroup that is spoken by Avars, primarily in Dagestan. In 2010, there were approximately one million speakers in Dagestan and elsewhere in Russia.
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Avaric, Awar | |
ماعارۇل ماض, магӏарул мацӏ, maⱨarul maⱬ , اوار ماض, авар мацӏ, avar maⱬ | |
Pronunciation | [maʕarul mat͡sʼ] [awar mat͡sʼ] |
Native to | North Caucasus, Azerbaijan |
Ethnicity | Avars |
Native speakers | 1,200,000 (2021)[1] |
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Cyrillic (current) Arabic, Latin (formerly) | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Russia |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | av – Avaric |
ISO 639-2 | ava – Avaric |
ISO 639-3 | Either:ava – Avaricoav – Old Avar |
oav – Old Avar | |
Glottolog | avar1256 |
Avar is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2] | |
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