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LingoBear creates short Avaric passages on topics you choose. Tap any word for an instant English translation and build your vocabulary as you read. Northeast Caucasian (Avar–Andic) language, Cyrillic script with 46 letters, lingua franca of mountain Dagestan, ~1M speakers.

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What is Avaric and where is it spoken?

Avaric (Магӏарул мацӏ, Maharul mats') is a Northeast Caucasian language of the Avar–Andic branch, spoken by about 1 million people in mountain Dagestan in southern Russia. It functions as a lingua franca among speakers of smaller Andic languages. Modern Avar uses a Cyrillic alphabet with 46 letters, including the special ӏ (palochka).

What grammar features does Avaric have?

Avar is famous for its ergative case marking — the subject of a transitive verb takes a different case from the subject of an intransitive — three grammatical genders for nouns, and a rich inventory of consonants including ejectives. LingoBear lets you see these features in real sentences via tap-to-translate.