| Tindi | |
|---|---|
| Идараб мицци Idarab mittsi | |
| Native to | North Caucasus |
| Region | Southern Dagestan |
Native speakers | 2,200 (2010 census)[1] |
Northeast Caucasian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tin |
| Glottolog | tind1238 |
| ELP | Tindi |
Tindi is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken in the Russian republic of Dagestan. Tindis call their language Idarab mitstsi meaning 'the language of the Idar village'. It is only an oral language; Avar or Russian are used in written communication instead.[1] Tindi vocabulary contains many loanwords from Avar, Turkish, Arabic, and Russian.[2] It has approximately 2,150 speakers.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Tindi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Akiner, Shirin (1986). Islamic Peoples Of The Soviet Union. Routledge. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-136-14266-6.
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