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Tsez | |
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Dido, Cez | |
цезйас мец cezyas mec | |
Pronunciation | [t͡sɛzˈjas mɛt͡s] |
Native to | North Caucasus |
Region | Southern Dagestan |
Ethnicity | Tsez |
Native speakers | 18,000 (2020 census)[1] |
Northeast Caucasian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ddo |
Glottolog | dido1241 |
ELP | Tsez |
Glottopedia | Tsez [2] |
Tsez, also known as Dido (Tsez: цезйас мец (cezyas mec) or цез мец (cez mec)), is a Northeast Caucasian language with about 15,000 speakers (15,354 in 2002) spoken by the Tsez, a Muslim people in the mountainous Tsunta District of southwestern Dagestan in Russia. The name is said to derive from the Tsez word for 'eagle', but this is most likely a folk etymology. The name Dido is derived from the Georgian word დიდი (didi), meaning 'big'.
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