Tindi language

Tindi
Tindi
Идараб мицци Idarab mittsi
Native to	North Caucasus
Region	Southern Dagestan
Native speakers	2,200 (2010 census)
Language family	Northeast Caucasian Avar–Andic Andic Akhvakh–Tindi Karata–Tindi Botlikh–Tindi Bagvalal–Tindi Tindi; ; ; ; ; ; ;
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[]

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.

External links[]

The peoples of the Red Book: Tindis

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[e18-1] Tindi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Akiner, Shirin (1986). Islamic Peoples Of The Soviet Union. Routledge. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-136-14266-6.

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Tindi
Идараб мицци Idarab mittsi
Native to	North Caucasus
Region	Southern Dagestan
Native speakers	2,200 (2010 census)^[1]
Language family	Northeast Caucasian Avar–Andic Andic Akhvakh–Tindi Karata–Tindi Botlikh–Tindi Bagvalal–Tindi Tindi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`tin`
Glottolog	`tind1238`
ELP	Tindi