Avar
Facts
- Language: Avar
- Alternate names: Avaro, Dagestani
- Language code: ava
- Language family: Nakh-Daghestanian, Daghestanian, Avar-Andic-Tsezic
- Number of speakers: 600,959 (Language use
- Script: Cyrillic script
More information:
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 |
Other Avar verbs:
- цIализе 'to read',
- гаргадизе 'to speak',
- бичIчIизабизе 'to explain',
- буссинабизе 'to translate',
- бичIчIизе 'to understand',
- абизе 'to say',
- гьикъизе 'to ask'.
Verblist
- бежизе
- белъине
- бечӏчӏизе
- бикъизе
- бичизе
- бичӏчӏизе
- букӏине
- велъизе
- ине
- кваназе
- кьижизе
- кӏалъазе
- лъедезе
- малъизе
- пузе
- рагьизе
- рагӏизе
- ричула
- сверизе
- тузе
- ургьизе
- хвази
- хвезе
- хъвазе
- чвахизе
- чӏамизе
- чӏвазе