Avar language
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Avar магӀарул мацӀ maʕarul macʼ |
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Spoken in: | Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkey | |
Region: | Republic of Dagestan | |
Total speakers: | ~600,000 | |
Language family: | North Caucasian (disputed) Northeast Caucasian Avar-Andic Avar |
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Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | av | |
ISO 639-2: | ava | |
ISO 639-3: | ava | |
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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.