Editing Avar language (section)

{{Short description|Northeast Caucasian language of the Avars of Dagestan, North Caucasus}}
{{About|the language spoken in Dagestan|the language spoken in medieval Europe|Pannonian Avars#Language}}
{{distinguish|text=the [[Afar language]] or the [[Awar language]] spoken in Papua New Guinea}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2010}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Avar
| altname          = Avaric, Awar
| nativename       = {{lang|av|اوار ماض}}, {{lang|av|авар мацӏ}}, {{Transliteration|av|avar maⱬ}};<br/>{{lang|av|ماعارۇل ماض}}, {{lang|av|магӏарул мацӏ}}, {{Transliteration|av|maⱨarul maⱬ}}
| states           = [[North Caucasus]], [[Azerbaijan]]
| ethnicity        = [[Avars (Caucasus)|Avars]]
| speakers         = {{sigfig|1,200,000|2}}
| date             = 2021
| ref              = e25
| refname          = Avar
| familycolor      = Caucasian
| fam1             = [[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]]
| fam2             = [[Avar–Andic languages|Avar–Andic]]
| script           = [[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]] (current) <br />[[Georgian scripts|Georgian]], [[Arabic script|Arabic]], [[Latin script|Latin]] (formerly)
| nation           = {{flag|Russia}}
* {{flag|Dagestan}}
| iso1             = av
| iso1comment      = – Avaric
| iso2             = ava
| iso2comment      = – Avaric
| lc1              = ava
| ld1              = Avaric
| lc2              = oav
| ld2              = Old Avar
| linglist         = oav
| lingname         = – Old Avar
| glotto           = avar1256
| glottorefname    = Avar
| notice           = IPA
| map              = File:Northeast Caucasus languages map en.svg
| mapcaption       = {{legend|#FFACAC|Avar}}
| pronunciation    = {{IPA|[ʔaˈwar mat͡sʼː]}}<br>{{IPA|[maʕarul mat͡sʼ]}}
| dia1             = see below
| map2             = Lang Status 80-VU.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{center|{{small|Avar is classified as Vulnerable by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wal.unesco.org/countries/russian-federation/languages/avar |title=Avar in Russian Federation 
|work=UNESCO WAL |access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref>}}}}
}}

'''Avar''' ({{lang|av|магӏарул мацӏ}}, {{transliteration|av|maⱨarul maⱬ}} {{IPA|av|maʕarul mat͡sʼː|}}, "language of the mountains" or {{lang|av|авар мацӏ}}, {{transliteration|av|avar maⱬ}} {{IPA|av|ʔaˈwar mat͡sʼː|}}, "Avar language"), also known as '''Avaric''',<ref name="ISO 639-2/RA">{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/langcodes_name.php?code_ID=35 |title=Documentation for ISO 639 identifier: ava |publisher=ISO 639-2 Registration Authority - Library of Congress |access-date=2017-07-05 |quote=Name: Avaric}}</ref><ref name="ISO 639-3/RA">{{cite web |url=http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=ava |title=Documentation for ISO 639 identifier: ava |publisher=ISO 639-3 Registration Authority - SIL International |access-date=2017-07-05 |quote=Name: Avaric}}</ref> is a [[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]] language of the [[Avar–Andic languages|Avar–Andic]] subgroup that is spoken by [[Avars (Caucasus)|Avars]], primarily in [[Dagestan]]. In 2010, there were approximately one million speakers in Dagestan and elsewhere in [[Russia]].