Avar language (Turkic)

Avar language is an extinct Avar language that functioned in Pannonia in the 6th-9th centuries and disappeared after the fall of the Avar Haganate . It belongs to the Turkic languages . It is related to the Bulgarian languages , or is strongly influenced by them.

The Avar language of the European period is known for the titles and personal names that are universal in the Altai language family , which are preserved in foreign written sources. As evidenced by archeological data, the Avars used a form of runic writing, but all the inscriptions found were very short and could not be deciphered. The only monument on which they try to reconstruct the dialect is an inscription made in Greek letters on a vessel from the treasure of Nagy-Saint-Miklosh. She is close to the Bulgarian texts of the same time. From sources it is known that various groups of Bulgars merged into the Avar Union.

There is no direct data on the Avar language before moving to Europe. There is reason to believe that the Avars were originally Mongol-speaking (according to the most common opinion, they are identified with the Central Asian people of the Juan Juan ). According to this point of view, the early Mongolian borrowings in Slavic languages ​​are associated with the Avar language, for example, the words "gonfalon" and "cart". There is an opinion that the Avar language was always Bulgarian-Turkic (A. Rona-Tash), or belonged to the Tungus-Manchurian group ( E. A. Khelimsky ).