Avar language
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| Avar | ||
|---|---|---|
| магӀарул мацӀ maʕarul macʼ | ||
| Spoken in | Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkey | |
| Region | Republic of Dagestan | |
| Total speakers | ~600,000 | |
| Language family | North Caucasian (disputed) | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | av | |
| ISO 639-2 | ava | |
| ISO 639-3 | ava | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
The Avar language (self-designation магӀарул мацӀ [maʕarul maʦʼ] "language of the mountains" or Авар мацӀ [awar maʦʼ] "Avar language") belongs to the Avar-Andi-Tsez subgroup of the Alarodian Northeast-Caucasian (or Nakh-Dagestani) language family. It is spoken most in the eastern and southern parts of the Russian Caucasus republic of Dagestan, and the Balaken, Zakatala north-west area of Azerbaijan.
