Avar is a North East Caucasian language spoken by about 1.2 million people in the Republic of Dagestan in the southwest of the Russian Federation, and also in Azerbaijan and Georgia. In Russia, Avar speakers can be found mainly in Dagestan, and also in Chechnya and Kalmykia. There are also Avar speakers in the Balakan and Zaqatala districts in northwestern Azerbaijan, in the Kakheti region of eastern Georgia, and in Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Jordan and Turkey.
Avar is also known as Avaro, Avaric, Bolmac, Khundzuri, Dagestani, Maarul Dagestani. Native names for the language are Магӏарул мацӏ [maʕarul mat͡sʼ] - "language of the mountains", and Авар мацӏ [awar mat͡sʼ] - "Avar language".
Avar has four main dialects: Khunzakh, Antsukh, Charoda and Gidatl, which have only limited mutual intelligibility. The Khunzakh dialect or болмацI (bolmats) acts as a lingua franca between Avar speakers and is the basis for written Avar.
Avar was written with the Old Georgian alphabet from the 15th century, and with the Arabic alphabet (Ajam / гӀажам) from the 15th century. A way to write Avar with the Cyrillic alphabet, with a few Georgian letters, was developed in 1889 by Peter von Uslar, a Russian general, engineer and linguist. The Latin alphabet was used from 1928 to 1938, with a revision of the orthography in 1932, and a new version of the Cyrillic alphabet was used from 1938.
Avar is taught is primary and secondary schools in Dagestan. It is also used in the media and literature. It is an official language in Dagestan.
Ава́р мацӀ Бакъбаккул Кавказалда бугеб хьондакавказияб хъизамул авариял мацӀазул гӀаркьалил авар–гӀандиял къокъадул мацӀ, жиб Дагъистаналъул мацӀазул бищун тӀибитӀараб, кӀалъалезул рахъалъ, киналниги бакъбаккул кавказиял мацӀазда гъорлӀ кӀиабилебги кколеб. Эб буго аваразул рахьдал мацӀ. Ккола Дагъистаналъул Республикалъул официалал мацӀазул цояб, эб малъула школабазда; аваралда руго газет-журнал, радио, гьединго ТВ-программаби.
Source: https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/Авар_мацӀ
The Avar language is a language of the Avar-Gandian group of the Avar language family of the Caucasian language family in the Eastern Caucasus. This is the native language of the Avars. It is one of the official languages of the Republic of Dagestan, it is taught in schools; Avar has newspapers, magazines, radio, as well as TV programs.
نۈڸ ماڨێڸ وێڮانا، ڨالدا ڸۇق - ڸۇقۇن،
ڨۇردا كُېر ڃُان ئۇنېو، بێدا وېضّۇن دۇن؛
ڨۇرۇڬێ باطاڸۇن صېوې ئۇناڬۈ،
صۈ ڸارال راعالدا عۈدۈو كّۈلېو دۇن.
ڸار چُاخّۇلېب بۇڬۈ چابخێل گّالاڅان،
ڸێن گانضۇلېب بۇڬۈ ڬانڃازدا طاسان؛
طاراماغادێسېب قُال بالېب بۇڬۈ،
قۈ ڸێگێلان دێصا سۈعاب راڨالدا
Нолъ макьилъ вихьана, кьалда лъукъ-лъукъун,
Кьурда квер чIван унев, бида вецIцIун дун;
Кьуруги батIалъун цеве унаго,
Цо лъарал рагIалда гIодов кколев дун.
Лъар чваххулеб буго чабхил кIкIалахъан,
Лъин кIанцIулеб буго ганчIазда тIасан;
ТIарамагъадисеб къвал балеб буго,
Къо лъикIилан дица согIаб ракьалда.
A poem by ХӀамзатил Расул (Rasul Ħamzatil), an Avar poet from Russia.
Noļ maꝗiļ viҳana, ꝗalda ļuq-ļuqun,
Ꝗurda кvеr çvan unеv, bida vеⱬⱬun dun;
Ꝗuruⱨ baţaļun s̶еvе unago,
Co ļaral raⱨalda ⱨodov ккolеv dun.
Łar cvaxxulеb bugo cabxil ⱪⱪalax̶an,
Łin ⱪanⱬulеb bugo gançazda ţaсan;
Ţaramaƣadiсеb qval balеb bugo,
Qo ļiⱪilan dis̶a сoⱨab raꝗalda.
Latin and Arabic alphabets and sample text provided by Michael Peter Füstumum
Information about Avar | Numbers | Tower of Babel
Information about the Avar language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avar_language
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Аварский_язык
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ava/
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/avar1256
https://avarlab.upf.edu/about/language/
Online Avar lessons
https://www.masteranylanguage.com/c/r/en/Avaric/Languages
https://avarlab.upf.edu/linguistics/
Avar phrases
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Basic_Avar_Phrasebook
https://www.masteranylanguage.com/c/r/en/Avaric/CommonPhrases/1
Aghul, Akhvakh, Andi, Archi, Avar, Bagvalal, Batsbi, Bezhta, Botlikh, Budukh, Caucasian Albanian, Chamalal, Chechen, Dargwa, Godoberi, Hinukh, Hunzib, Ingush, Kaitag, Karata, Khinalug, Khwarshi, Kryts, Kubachi, Lak, Lezgian, Rutul, Tabassaran, Tindi, Tsakhur, Tsez, Tsudaqar, Udi
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