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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.
With the completion of this lesson, you might enjoy investigating these connected themes: Give your Opinion, Avaric.
Alphabet[edit | edit source]
| Letter | IPA |
|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Mid | e | o |
| Low | a | |