The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: AVR
ISO 639-2: ava
| Population | 556,000 in Russia (1989 census). Population total all countries 601,000. |
| Region | Southern Dagestan ASSR and Terek and Sulak river areas. Also spoken in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkey (Asia). |
| Alternate names | AVARO, DAGESTANI |
| Dialects | SALATAV, KUNZAKH (XUNZAX, NORTHERN AVAR), KELEB, BACADIN, UNTIB, SHULANIN, KAXIB, HID, ANDALAL-GXDATL, KARAX (KARAKH), BATLUX, ANCUX (ANTSUKH), ZAKATALY (CHAR). |
| Classification | North Caucasian, Northeast, Avaro-Andi-Dido, Avar. |
| Comments | Bilingualism in Russian. North Caucasian is also called 'Caucasian.' Trade language. Cyrillic script used. Education in it for the first two years, except in cities. Newspapers. Sunni Muslim. Bible portions 1979-1996. |
| Azerbaijan |
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