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.
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) ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.