Avar language

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
Avaric, Awar
اوار ماض, авар мацӏ, avar maⱬ
, ماعارۇل ماض, магӏарул мацӏ, maⱨarul maⱬ
Pronunciation[ʔaˈwar mat͡sːʼ]
[maʕarul mat͡sʼ]
Native toNorth Caucasus, Azerbaijan
EthnicityAvars
Native speakers
1,200,000 (2021)[1]
Dialects
  • see below
Cyrillic (current)
Georgian, Arabic, Latin (formerly)
Official status
Official language in
 Russia
Language codes
ISO 639-1av – Avaric
ISO 639-2ava – Avaric
ISO 639-3Either:
ava – Avaric
oav – Old Avar
oav – Old Avar
Glottologavar1256
  Avar
Avar is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2]
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Avar (магӏарул мацӏ, maǥarul macʼ [maʕarul mat͡sːʼ], "language of the mountains" or авар мацӏ, awar macʼ [ʔaˈwar mat͡sːʼ], "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.

  1. ^ Avar at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Old Avar at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Avar in Russian Federation". UNESCO WAL. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Documentation for ISO 639 identifier: ava". ISO 639-2 Registration Authority - Library of Congress. Retrieved 2017-07-05. Name: Avaric
  4. ^ "Documentation for ISO 639 identifier: ava". ISO 639-3 Registration Authority - SIL International. Retrieved 2017-07-05. Name: Avaric