Tsezic languages

As didoische languages ​​( also tsesische languages ​​, Russian: дидойские языки, цезские языки ) are five inter- related small languages ​​which have in the southwest of the Republic of Dagestan (Russian Federation) are spoken by almost 23,000 people. Together with the Avar language and the Andean languages ​​they form the group of awaro - ando - didoischen languages ​​within the group of Dagestani languages ​​which in turn belong to the ( Northeast Caucasian ) nachisch - Dagestani languages. In the last Russian census in 2002 since 1926 there was the first time the opportunity to profess one of didoischen peoples. The members of these peoples but are still counted in Russia to the Avars. The didoischen languages ​​include five languages ​​, which are in turn divided into dialects that differ from one another partly strong and so makes mutual understanding of the speaker. The following languages ​​are included among the didoischen languages ​​( to the 2002 census, in parentheses, the previously estimated number of speakers):

• Ostdidoische languages: Bezhta 6,184 (3,000)
• Hunsibisch 972 ( 2000; well as chunsalische or nachadsische language called )

• Tsesisch ( Didoisch ) 15,176 ( 7,000 )
• Hinuchisch 525 (200; language is spoken in a single village ( Hinuch ) )
• Chwarschinisch 128 ( 2000 )

None of the didoischen languages ​​was verschriftlicht. The font and lingua franca among themselves Avar is used. Characteristic of the didoischen languages ​​is developed vocalism ( pharyngale, nasal, short and long vowels ) and the complicated consonant system. The languages ​​belong to the agglutinative languages ​​with highly -developed declination (large number of locative ) and comparatively simple conjugation.