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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 51 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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AVARS , or AvARI, an See also:

East Caucasian See also:

PEOPLE

people, the most renowned of the Lesghian tribes, inhabiting central See also:

DAGHESTAN

Daghestan (see LESGIJIANS) . They are the only Lesghian tribe who possess a written See also:

LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, for which they make use of the Arabic characters .

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