ISO 639-3 · avaava
Northeast Caucasian family
Avar
авар мацI
Avar is a language of the Avar–Andic branch (Northeast Caucasian), spoken in Russia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Wikidata counts about 766,500 speakers (2010). Wikidata describes it as “language belonging to the Avar–Andic group of the Northeast Caucasian language family”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ava- ISO 639-1
av- Glottocode
avar1256- Family
- Northeast Caucasian
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 42.50, 46.50
- Wikipedia
- 105 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
2scripts
4levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Avar · авар мацI |
|---|---|
| Also called | Avar language, Avaric, Avaric language, Caucasian Avar, Caucasian Avar language |
| All speakers | 766,500 (2010) |
| Written in | Cyrillic, Avar alphabet |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Northeast Caucasian to Avar
The branches above Avar, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Russia
deuGermanIndo-European · 135 m1 · NationalrusRussianIndo-European · 110 m1 · NationalkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalfasFarsiIndo-European · 70 mSafeazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafeukrUkrainianIndo-European · 34.7 m1 · NationalkazKazakhTurkic · 13.2 m1 · NationalazjNorth AzerbaijaniTurkic · 9.2 m1 · NationalbulBulgarianIndo-European · 9 m1 · NationalbelBelarusianIndo-European · 7.9 m1 · National