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Tindi language

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Tindi
Идараб мицци Idarab mittsi
Pronunciation[idarab mitsːi]
Native toNorth Caucasus
RegionSouthern Dagestan
Native speakers
4,500 (2020 census)[1]
Northeast Caucasian
Language codes
ISO 639-3tin
Glottologtind1238
ELPTindi
  Tindi
Tindi is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Tindi is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken in the Russian republic of Dagestan. Tindis have no individual designation for their language, but those living in the village of Idar [ru] 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.[2] Tindi vocabulary contains many loanwords from Avar, Turkish, Arabic, and Russian.[3] It has approximately 4,500 speakers.[1]

Phonology

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Vowels

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There are 20 phonemic vowels in Tindi.[4][5]

Front Central Back
Close i iː u uː
Mid e eː o oː
Open a aː

Nasalized vowels may also exist as /ĩ, ẽ, ã, õ, ũ/ and as long-nasalized /ĩː, ẽː, ãː, õː, ũː/.

Consonants

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Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn-
geal
Glottal
central lateral central palatalized
lenis fortis lenis fortis lenis fortis lenis fortis lenis fortis lenis fortis
Nasal m n
Plosive voiceless p t k kːʲ
ejective kʼʲ ʔ
voiced b d ɡ ɡʲ
Affricate voiceless t͡s t͡sː t͡ʃ t͡ʃː t͡ɬː q͡χː
ejective t͡sʼ t͡sːʼ t͡ʃʼ t͡ʃːʼ t͡ɬːʼ q͡χːʼ
Fricative voiceless s ʃ ʃː ɬ ɬː ç χ χː ħ h
voiced z ʒ ʁ ʕ
Trill r
Approximant w l j

References

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  1. ^ a b Том 5. «Национальный состав и владение языками». Таблица 7. Население наиболее многочисленных национальностей по родному языку
  2. ^ Tindi language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. ^ Akiner, Shirin (1986). Islamic Peoples Of The Soviet Union. Routledge. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-136-14266-6.
  4. ^ "Грамматика тиндинского языка | Малые языки России". minlang.iling-ran.ru. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  5. ^ "Тиндинский язык | Малые языки России". minlang.iling-ran.ru. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  • Magomedbekova, Z. M. (2001). "Tindinskij Jazyk". Yazyki mira: Kavkazskie Yazyki. Moskva: Academia. pp. 283–291.
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