Tsez
Facts
- Language: Tsez
- Alternate names: Dido, Cez, цезский язык, დიდოური ენა, цезйас мец, cezyas mec, цез мец, cez mec, Tsuntin, Didoi
- Language code: ddo
- Language family: North Caucasian, East Caucasian, Tsezic, West Tsezic (SIL classification)
- Number of speakers: 7,000-8,000
- Vulnerability: Threatened
- Script: Cyrillic script.
More information:
Muslim.
The Dido language belongs to the northwestern group of Dagestan languages (Avar-Ando-Dido), and has a high degree of inner differentiation (five dialects: the Kidero, Shaitl, Asakh, Shapikh and Sagada). The Sagada dialect is notable for its difference from the others. (The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire)