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.
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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