Nakh-Daghestanian · ISO 639-3 ava · av
Avaric Language Магӏарул мацӏ
Avaric is a Nakh-Daghestanian language spoken by about 1.3 million people in 2 countries. It is written in the Cyrillic script.
Where Avaric is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Avaric
Language family
- Nakh-Daghestanian
- Daghestanian
- Avar-Andic-Tsezic
- Avaric
Writing system
Cyrillic script
About the Avaric language
Avaric (Магӏарул мацӏ) is spoken by about 1.3 million people, which makes it the 403rd most spoken language in the world — just behind Domari (1.3 million) and ahead of Western Balochi (1.3 million). It belongs to the Nakh-Daghestanian language family and, more precisely, to the Avar-Andic-Tsezic group within the Avar-Andic-Tsezic branch.
Where is Avaric spoken?
Avaric is used in 2 countries. The largest communities live in Azerbaijan (760,000) and Russia (675,940).
Share of the population that speaks Avaric: Azerbaijan 7.1% (760,000) and Russia 0.5% (675,940).
Avaric is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in Russia.
Writing system and status
Avaric is written in the Cyrillic script. Glottolog classifies it as threatened, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
ISO codes: ISO 639-1 av, ISO 639-3 ava.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.