Avar language
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The Avar language is a North Caucasian language spoken primarily in western and central Dagestan, Russia, and parts of Azerbaijan. It is the only language within the Avar-Andi-Dido language group that has a written form.12
Avar is also used for communication among speakers of the related Andi and Dido languages. The Avar people were prominent from the 6th to the 9th centuries, initially in Dacia and later in Pannonia. The term "Avarian" refers to anything related to the Avars.213
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- Avar-Andi-Dido languages
Avar, the only language in the group with a written form, is also used for intertribal communication by native users of the Andi and Dido languages. All of these languages are often classified together with those of the Lak-Dargin (Lak-Dargwa) and Lezgian groups as the…
Read MoreAvar, the only language in the group with a written form, is also used for intertribal communication by native users of the Andi and Dido languages. All of these languages are often classified together with those of the Lak-Dargin (Lak-Dargwa) and Lezgian groups as the…
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Caucasian languagesThe Avar-Andi-Dido languagesThe member languages are the Avar language; the Andi subgroup of languages, including Andi, Botlikh, Godoberi, Chamalal, Bagvalal, Tindi, Karata, and Akhvakh; and the Dido subgroup, including Dido (Tsez), Khvarshi, Hinukh, Bezhta, and Hunzib.
Read MoreThe member languages are the Avar language; the Andi subgroup of languages, including Andi, Botlikh, Godoberi, Chamalal, Bagvalal, Tindi, Karata, and Akhvakh; and the Dido subgroup, including Dido (Tsez), Khvarshi, Hinukh, Bezhta, and Hunzib.
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