Tsez

Also known as Dido, Tsez language

language

Key facts

Pronunciation: [ t͡sɛzˈjas mɛt͡s ] , [ tsejos mets ]
Native to: North Caucasus
Region: Southern Dagestan
Ethnicity: Tsez
Native speakers: 18,000 (2020 census)
Language family: Northeast Caucasian Tsezic Tsez–Hinukh Tsez
Iso 639 3: ddo
Glottolog: dido1241
Elp: Tsez
Glottopedia: Tsez

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number of speakers, writers, or signers: 12467
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/DDO

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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 North Caucasian 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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