Avar language
| Avar | |
|---|---|
| Avaric, Awar | |
| اوار ماض, авар мацӏ, avar maⱬ; ماعارۇل ماض, магӏарул мацӏ, maⱨarul maⱬ | |
| Pronunciation | [ʔaˈwar mat͡sʼː] [maʕarul mat͡sʼ] |
| Native to | North Caucasus, Azerbaijan |
| Ethnicity | Avars |
Native speakers | 1,200,000 (2021) |
| Dialects |
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| Cyrillic (current) Georgian, 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 | |
Avar is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Avar (магӏарул мацӏ, maⱨarul maⱬ [maʕarul mat͡sʼː], "language of the mountains" or авар мацӏ, avar maⱬ [ʔaˈwar mat͡sʼː], "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 one million speakers in Dagestan and elsewhere in Russia.