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The Avar–Andic languages form one of the seven main branches of Northeast Caucasian language family. It branches into the 
Andic languages
The Andic languages are a branch of the Northeast Caucasian language family. They are often grouped together with the Avar language
Avar (, , "language of the mountains" or , , "Avar language"), also known as Avaric, is a Northeast Caucasi ...
and the Avar language. The latter, with 800,000 speakers, serves as a literary language for 60,000 speakers of the Andic branch as well as for speakers of the related Tsezic (Didoic) languages.
The table below shows regional dialects encompassed in the Avar-Andic languages, as well as other language groups in the Northeast Caucasian language family. Included are the Andic language, Akhvakh language, Bagvalal language
The Bagvalal language (Bagulal) is an Avar–Andic language spoken by the Bagvalals in southwestern Dagestan, Russia, along the right bank of the river Andi-Koisu and the surrounding hills, near the Georgian border. It is fairly similar to T ...
, Botlikh language
Botlikh (also spelled Botlix) is an Andic language of the Northeast Caucasian language family spoken by the Botlikhs in the Buikhe and Ashino villages in southwestern Dagestan, Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a ...
, Chamalal language, Godoberi language, Karata language
Karata () is an Andic language of the Northeast Caucasian language family spoken in southern Dagestan, Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is t ...
, Tindi language
Tindi is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken in the Russian republic of Dagestan. Tindis call their language ''Idarab mitstsi'' meaning 'the language of the Idar village'. It is only an oral language; Avar or Russian are used in written comm ...
, and Avar language.
See also
*Languages of the Caucasus
The Caucasian languages comprise a large and extremely varied array of languages spoken by more than ten million people in and around the Caucasus Mountains, which lie between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
Linguistic comparison allows th ...
References
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