Avar language

This article is about the language spoken in Dagestan. For the language spoken in medieval Europe, see Pannonian Avars § Language. Not to be confused with Afar language or Awar 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)
Language family	Northeast Caucasian Avar–Andic Avar
Dialects	see below
Writing system	Cyrillic (current) Georgian, Arabic, Latin (formerly)
Official status
Official language in	Russia Dagestan
Language codes
ISO 639-1	av – Avaric
ISO 639-2	ava – Avaric
ISO 639-3	ava – inclusive code Avaric Individual code: oav – Old Avar
Glottolog	avar1256
Avar
Avar is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Avar (авар мацӀ, avar maⱬ [ʔaˈwar mat͡sʼː] or магӀарул мацӀ, maⱨarul maⱬ [maʕarul mat͡sʼː], 'language of the mountains'), 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.