Avar language
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Avar language is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken primarily in Dagestan, Russia, and parts of neighboring countries by the Avar people.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Northeast Caucasian language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ subject–object–verb language ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Andi languages
ⓘ
Didoic (Tsezic) languages ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| family | Northeast Caucasian languages ⓘ |
| glottocode | avar1256 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Avarian
ⓘ
Avaric NERFINISHED ⓘ Magarul macʼ ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Proto-Northeast-Caucasian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Northern Avar dialects
ⓘ
Southern Avar dialects ⓘ |
| hasISO639-1Code | av ⓘ |
| hasISO639-2Code | ava ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryTraditionSince | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
ergative alignment ⓘ noun classes ⓘ |
| hasNotableAuthor | Rasul Gamzatov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
ejective consonants
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasStandardVariety | Batsbukh dialect of Khunzakh ⓘ |
| historicalWritingSystem |
Arabic script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ |
| isOfficialLanguageIn | Republic of Dagestan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isTaughtAt | schools in Dagestan ⓘ |
| languageRegulator | Dagestan Institute of Language, Literature and Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | магӏарул мацӏ ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern Europe
ⓘ
North Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Avar people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Azerbaijan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dagestan NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Avar–Andic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | lingua franca in western Dagestan ⓘ |
| usedIn |
education in Dagestan
ⓘ
local media in Dagestan ⓘ |
| usedInScriptReform | Cyrillic-based Avar alphabet of 1938 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Cyrillic script ⓘ |
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