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Name:
Avar
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Avaro; Dagestan; Avari; Akari
Spoken in:
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey
Number of speakers:
744,000 in Russian Federation (2002 census). Population total all countries: 788,960. Ethnic population: 814,473
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
784840
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
600959
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
ava
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Nakh-Daghestanian (North East Caucasian; Caucasian; North Caucasian (highly contested))
Parent Subgroup:
Avar (avar)
Child Dialects:
Zaqatala; Zakataly; Char (ava-zaq)
Zakataly; Char (ava-zak)
Hid (ava-hid)
Ancux; Antsukh (ava-anc)
Salatav (ava-sal)
Untib (ava-unt)
Keleb (ava-kel)
Batlux (ava-bat)
Bacadin (ava-bac)
Kaxib (ava-kax)
Karax; Karakh (ava-kar)
Shulanin (ava-shu)
Andalal-Gxdatl (ava-agx)
Kunzakh; Xunzax; Northern Avar (ava-kun)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
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