Northeast Caucasian family
Avar
c. 1400 CE – today Living
Avar (c. 1400 CE – today) is a living Northeast Caucasian language. Lineage: Proto-Northeast Caucasian → Avar.
See Avar on the interactive map- Speakers
- 800K (800,000)
- ISO 639-3
- ava
- Glottocode
- avar1256
Avar–Andic branch; lingua franca of western Dagestan, with a literary tradition in Arabic script from the 17th century. Start date is nominal.
Lineage
- Proto-Northeast Caucasianc. 4,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
- Avarc. 1400 CE – today
Sister languages 4
Also descended from Proto-Northeast Caucasian.