Avar
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- Language: Avar
- Alternate names: Avaro, Dagestani
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:ava
- Language family: North Caucasian, East Caucasian, Avar-Andic, Avar
- Number of speakers: 600,959
- Script: Cyrillic script
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Introduction
The modern Avar language (self-designation магӀарул мацӀ [maʕarul maʦʼ] "language of the mountains" or Авар мацӀ [awar maʦʼ] "Avar language") belongs to the Avar-Andic subgroup of the North Caucasian language family.
Verb
Avar verbs do not conjugate according to person, so one form is used for all persons in a given simple tense.
Sample verb: цIализе
| Infinitive | цIализе |
|---|---|
| Present (aorist) | цIалула |
| Future | цIалила |
| Past | цIалана |
Conjugate other Avar verbs:
- цIализе 'to read',
- гаргадизе 'to speak',
- бичIчIизабизе 'to explain',
- буссинабизе 'to translate',
- бичIчIизе 'to understand',
- абизе 'to say',
- гьикъизе 'to ask'.