Avar
авар мацI
Avar is a Nakh-Daghestanian language spoken in Russia, Türkiye, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, by about 766.5 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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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.
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Words in Avar
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | эбел | ebel |
| father | эмен | emen |
| child | лъимер | lˢimer |
| man | бихьинчи | bix̂inči |
| person | гӏадан | ʻadan |
| name | цӏар | cʼar |
| friend | гьудул | hudul |
| eye | бер | ber |
| ear | гӏин | ʻin |
| nose | мегӏер | meʻer |
| tooth | ца | ca |
| tongue | мацӏ | macʼ |
| hand | квер | kʷer |
| heart | ракӏ | rakʼ |
| head | бекӏер | bekʼer |
| blood | би | bi |
| skin | тӏом | tʼom |
| knee | наку | naku |
| breast | кеке | keke |
| liver | тӏул | tʼul |
| water | лъим | lˢim |
| fire | цӏа | cʼa |
| sun | бакъ | baqxʼ |
| moon | моцӏ | mocʼ |
| star | цӏва | cʼwa |
| rain | цӏад | cʼad |
| snow | гӏазу | ʻazu |
| wind | гьури | huri |
| stone | гамачӏ | gamačʼ |
| mountain | мегӏер | meʻer |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · avar1256 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · ava