 Peter von Uslar felt it should be considered a variant of Avar, but Roderich von Erckert saw it as closer to Lak.The language has also been considered as a separate entity that could be placed somewhere between Avar and Lak.The Italian linguist Alfredo Trombetti placed Archi within an Avar–Ando–Dido group, but today the most widely recognized opinion follows that of the Soviet scholar Bokarev, who regards Archi as one of the Lezgian–Samur group of the Dagestan languages.