Avar language
Avar (магӏарул мацӏ, maǥarul macʼ [maʕarul mat͡sʼ], "language of the mountains" or авар мацӏ, awar macʼ [awar mat͡sʼ], "Avar language"), also known as Avaric, is a Northeast Caucasian language of the Avar–Andic subgroup that is spoken by Avars, primarily in Dagestan. In 2010, there were approximately 1 million speakers in Dagestan and elsewhere in Russia.
| Avar | |
|---|---|
| Avaric | |
| ماعارۇل ماض, магӏарул мацӏ, maⱨarul maⱬ , اوار ماض, авар мацӏ, avar maⱬ | |
| Native to | North Caucasus, Azerbaijan |
| Ethnicity | Avars |
Native speakers | 1,200,000 (2021) |
Northeast Caucasian
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Writing system | Cyrillic (current) Arabic, Latin |
| 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 |
Linguist List | oav – Old Avar |
| Glottolog | avar1256 |
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