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The modern literary language of Avars ( Awar mac '), in olden times and today, is known among Avars as language of " boʔ " ( bolmac ').

Avarian word " bo " " army, armed people ", according to reconstructions, was originally * ʔωar in the proto-avarian language (" ʔ " is here glottal stop ).