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Avar

Avar is a Caucasian language, spoken in the Republic of Dagestan, of the Russian Federation, where it is co-official together with other Caucasian languages like Dargwa, Lak, Lezgian and Tabassaran. All these alphabets, and other ones (Abaza, Adyghe, Chechen, Ingush, Kabardian) have an extra sign: palochka (Ӏ), which gives voiceless occlusive consonants its particular ejective sound.

The Avar alphabet
А а Б б В в Г г Гъ гъ Гь гь ГI гI Д д
Е е Ё ё Ж ж З з И и Й й К к Къ къ
Кь кь КI кI КIкI кIкI Кк кк Л л М м Н н О о
П п Р р С с Т т ТI тI У у Ф ф Х х
Хх хх Хъ хъ Хь хь ХI хI Ц ц Цц цц ЦI цI ЦIцI цIцI
Ч ч ЧI чI ЧIчI чIчI Ш ш Щ щ Ъ ъ Ы ы Ь ь
Э э Ю ю Я я
  • В = /w/
  • гъ = /ʁ/
  • гь = /h/
  • гI = /ʕ/
  • къ = /qːʼ/
  • кI = /kʼ/
  • кь = /t͡ɬːʼ/
  • кIкI = /t͡ɬː/, is also written ЛI лI.
  • кк = /ɬ/, is also written Лъ лъ.
  • тI = /tʼ/
  • х = /χ/
  • хъ = /qː/
  • хь = /x/
  • хI = /ħ/
  • цI = /t͡sʼ/
  • чI = /t͡ʃʼ/
  • Double consonants, called "fortis", are pronounced longer than single consonants (called "lenis").

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