Tsez language

E416667

The Tsez language is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken primarily in the mountainous regions of Dagestan in Russia by the Tsez people, known for its complex grammar and rich consonant system.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tsez language canonical 2

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northeast Caucasian language
agglutinative language
natural language
alternativeName Dido
Didoic
closelyRelatedTo Bezhta language
Hinukh language
Hunzib language
Khwarshi language
country Russia
hasBasicWordOrder subject–object–verb
hasCase absolutive case
comparative case
dative case
ergative case
genitive case
instrumental case
locative cases
hasContactLanguage Avar language
Russian language
hasGlottologCode tsez1240
hasGlottologName Tsez
hasISO639-3Code ddo
hasMajorDialect Asakh dialect
Mokok dialect
Sagadin dialect
Tsebari dialect
Usa dialect
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
ergative alignment
noun classes
rich case system
split ergativity
hasNotableFeature agreement with noun classes on verbs and adjectives
complex verbal morphology
extensive spatial cases
hasNounClassNumber 4
hasNounClassType gender-like system
hasNumberOfSpeakers several thousand
hasPhonologicalFeature ejective consonants
pharyngealized consonants
rich consonant inventory
small vowel inventory
hasSyntacticFeature dominant SOV order
head-final word order
postpositions
hasWritingSystem none (traditionally unwritten)
isEndangered true
languageFamily Nakh-Daghestanian languages ONNED1
Tsezic languages
primaryRegion Tsezata River valley
Dagestan
surface form: western Dagestan
spokenBy Tsez people
spokenIn Dagestan
Russia
surface form: Russian Federation
subfamilyOf Tsezic languages
usesWritingSystemFor Cyrillic (for occasional transcription)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bezhta language isRelatedTo Tsez language