Avar Alphabet | Scripts & Transliteration

The Avar language is written in a Cyrillic-based alphabet today, and has also been written in Latin and Arabic (Ajam) scripts. Below are Latin transliteration schemes used for writing Avar in Latin script.

Cyrillic	avar.me	Scientific	Typing	1932	Umarilov	Turk	Said	Google	Forker	ЦӀадаса	Dict	Wiki
а	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	27765	4280248
б	b	b	b	b	b	b	b	b	b	b	9252	1255948
в	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	w	v	3006	480489
г	g	g	g	g	g	g	g	g	g	g	2453	606446
гъ	gh	ǧ	gh	ƣ	ğ	ğ	ğ	ƣ	ʁ	-	1403	76670
гь	ğ	h	h	h	h	h	h	h	h	h	1700	463514
гӀ	ġ	ʿ	ghI	y	ǥ	gh	ḥ	ⱨ	ʕ	h	2151	299842
д	d	d	d	d	d	d	d	d	d	d	4289	883160
е	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	10319	1393513
ж	j	j	j	ƶ	ž	j	ž	ƶ	ž	z	916	160952
з	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	6897	461444
и	i	i	i	i	i	i	i	i	i	i	19141	1813722
й	y	y	y	j	y	y	y	j	j	j	1126	131233
к	k	k	k	k	k	k	k	k	k	k	3672	411250
кӀ	ķ	k'	k'	k'	ḳ	kh	ḳ	ⱪ	k'	k	1993	228066
къ	q	q'	q'	q	q̇	q	g̣	q	q	q	2193	172349
кь	kļ	ƚ'	lh'	ꝗ	ł̣	qh	ƛ	ꝗ	ƛ'	q	981	94576
л	l	l	l	l	l	l	l	l	l		7864	1596118
лъ	ļ	ł	lh	ł	l̬	tl	ł	ļ	ɬ / ƛ	L / LL	3917	605442
лӀ	ł	ľ			ł	tl	ⱡ	—			0	1613
м	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	3395	509530
н	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	7487	1251837
о	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	6591	971673
п	p	p	p	p	p	p	p	p	p	p	1713	115526
р	r	r	r	r	r	r	r	r	r	r	10182	1196271
с	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	3710	609938
т	t	t	t	t	t	t	t	t	t	t	3775	375824
тӀ	ť	t'	t'	t'	ṭ	th	ṭ	ţ	t'	t	2134	222085
у	u	u	u	u	u	u	u	u	u	u	8309	1622659
ф	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f		435	25925
х	x	x	x	x	x̌	x	x	x	χ	x	2343	225220
хъ	kh	q	q	x̧	q	kx	q	x	q	x	1901	168870
хь	h	x̂	xh	ӿ	x	w	x̌	xj	x		781	59170
хӀ	ħ	ḥ	hI	ḩ	ħ	xh	ħ	ħ	ħ	ħ	1753	202750
ц	ž	c	c	ç	c	ts	c	ꞩ	c	ss	1014	211352
цӀ	ź	c'	c'	ç'	ċ	tz	c̣	ⱬ	c'	-	1146	109970
ч	c	č	ch	c	č	ç	č	c	č	c	2079	130000
чӀ	ć	č'	ch'	c'	ç	c	č̣	ç	č'	ç	1528	140507
ш	ş	š	sh	ş	š	ş	ş	ş	š	ş	664	74225
щ	şç	šč	shch	şç	şç	şş	š	şş	šː	-	725	82303
ъ	'	'	'	'	'			'	ʔ	-	26	4181
э	ê	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e		229	25246
ю	yu	yu	yu	ju	yu	yu	yu	ju	ju		128	13177
я	ya	ya	ya	ja	ya	ya	ya	ja	ja		1884	378906
ё	ö					yo		—	ë		96	474

Notes

The avar.me variant is used across avar.me websites
The Scientific variant follows academic transliteration standards
The Typing variant uses only ASCII characters for easy input
The 1932 variant is the historical Latin alphabet used 1928–1938
The Google variant is used by Google Translate (— = not observed)
The Forker variant follows Diana Forker’s Avar grammar sketch
The ЦӀадаса column reflects Latin forms associated with ХӀамзат ЦӀадаса (to be refined)
Claprot and Graham columns are placeholders to be filled