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Avaric also known as Avar is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by Avars, primarily in Dagestan. In 2010, there were approximately 1 million speakers in Dagestan and elsewhere in Russia. Avar is an agglutinative language, of SOV order.
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Alphabet[edit | edit source]
Letter | IPA |
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А а | /a/ |
Б б | /b/ |
В в | /w/ |
Г г | /ɡ/ |
Гъ гъ | /ʁ/ |
Гь гь | /h/ |
ГӀ гӏ | /ʕ/ |
Д д | /d/ |
Е е | /e/,/je/ |
Ё ё | /jo/ |
Ж ж | /ʒ/ |
З з | /z/ |
И и | /i/ |
Й й | /j/ |
К к | /k/ |
Къ къ | /q͡χːʼ/ |
Кь кь | /t͡ɬːʼ/ |
КӀ кӏ | /kʼ/ |
КӀкӏ кӏкӏ | /kːʼ/ |
Кк кк | /kː/ |
Л л | /l/ |
ЛӀ лӏ | /t͡ɬː/ |
Лъ лъ | /ɬ/ |
Лълъ лълъ | /ɬː/ |
М м | /m/ |
Н н | /n/ |
О о | /o/ |
П п | /p/ |
Р р | /r/ |
С с | /s/ |
Сс сс | /sː/ |
Т т | /t/ |
ТӀ тӏ | /tʼ/ |
У у | /u/ |
Ф ф | /f/ |
Х х | /χ/ |
Хх хх | /χː/ |
Хъ хъ | /q͡χː/ |
Хь хь | /x/ |
Хьхь хьхь | /xː/ |
ХӀ хӏ | /ħ/ |
Ц ц | /t͡s/ |
Цц цц | /t͡sː/ |
ЦӀ цӏ | /t͡sʼ/ |
ЦӀцӏ цӏцӏ | /t͡sːʼ/ |
Ч ч | /t͡ʃ/ |
Чч чч | /t͡ʃː/ |
ЧӀ чӏ | /t͡ʃʼ/ |
ЧӀчӏ чӏчӏ | /t͡ʃːʼ/ |
Ш ш | /ʃ/ |
Щ щ | /ʃː/ |
Ъ ъ | /ʔ/ |
Ы ы | /ɨ/ |
Ь ь | |
Э э | /e/ |
Ю ю | /ju/ |
Я я | /ja/ |
Phonology[edit | edit source]
Consonants[edit | edit source]
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||||||||
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central | lateral | ||||||||||||||
lenis | fortis | lenis | fortis | lenis | fortis | lenis | fortis | lenis | fortis | ||||||
Nasal | m | n | |||||||||||||
Plosive | voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||||||||||
voiceless | p | t | k | kː | ʔ | ||||||||||
ejective | tʼ | kʼ | kːʼ | ||||||||||||
Affricate | voiceless | t͡s | t͡sː | t͡ʃ | t͡ʃː | t͡ɬː | q͡χː | ||||||||
ejective | t͡sʼ | t͡sːʼ | t͡ʃʼ | t͡ʃːʼ | (t͡ɬːʼ) | q͡χːʼ | |||||||||
Fricative | voiceless | s | sː | ʃ | ʃː | ɬ | ɬː | x | xː | χ | χː | ʜ | |||
voiced | z | ʒ | ʁ | ʕ | ɦ | ||||||||||
Trill | r | ||||||||||||||
Approximant | w | l | j |
Vowels[edit | edit source]
Front | Back | |
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High | i | u |
Mid | e | o |
Low | a |