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The '''Tsezic languages''' (also called '''Didoic languages''') form one of the seven main branches of [[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian language family]]. It branches into Tsez–Hinukh and Bezhta–Hunzib–Khwarshi, according to research published in 2009.<ref name="Schulze09">[http://wolfgangschulze.in-devir.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=63 The Languages of the Caucasus, by Wolfgang Schulze (2009)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918202042/http://wolfgangschulze.in-devir.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=63 |date=2017-09-18 }}</ref> They were formerly classified geographically into East Tsezic ([[Hinukh language|Hinukh]], and [[Bezhta language|Bezhta]]) and West Tsezic ([[Tsez language|Tsez]], [[Khwarshi language|Khwarshi]], and [[Hunzib language|Hunzib]]).{{citation needed|date=January 2010}}
The '''Tsezic languages''' (also called '''Didoic languages''') form one of the seven main branches of the [[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian language family]]. It branches into Tsez–Hinukh and Bezhta–Hunzib–Khwarshi, according to research published in 2009.<ref name="Schulze09">[http://wolfgangschulze.in-devir.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=63 The Languages of the Caucasus, by Wolfgang Schulze (2009)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918202042/http://wolfgangschulze.in-devir.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=63 |date=2017-09-18 }}</ref> They were formerly classified geographically into East Tsezic ([[Hinukh language|Hinukh]], and [[Bezhta language|Bezhta]]) and West Tsezic ([[Tsez language|Tsez]], [[Khwarshi language|Khwarshi]], and [[Hunzib language|Hunzib]]).{{citation needed|date=January 2010}}
The [[Avar language]] serves as the literary language for speakers of Tsezic languages.
The [[Avar language]] serves as the literary language for speakers of Tsezic languages.


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Schulze (2009)<ref name="Schulze09" /> gives the following family tree for the Tsezic languages:
Schulze (2009)<ref name="Schulze09" /> gives the following family tree for the Tsezic languages:


{{tree list}}
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*Tsez–Hinukh
*'''Tsezic languages'''
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**[[Tsez language|Tsez]] (15,400)
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**Tsez–Hinukh
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**[[Hinukh language|Hinukh]] (550)
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***[[Tsez language|Tsez]] (15,400)
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*Bezhta–Hunzib–Khwarshi
**[[Bezhta language|Bezhta]] (6200)
***[[Hinukh language|Hinukh]] (550)
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**Bezhta–Hunzib–Khwarshi
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**[[Hunzib language|Hunzib]] (1840)
**[[Khwarshi language|Khwarshi]] (1870)
***[[Bezhta language|Bezhta]] (6200)
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***[[Hunzib language|Hunzib]] (1840)
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***[[Khwarshi language|Khwarshi]] (1870)
{{tree list/end}}


Figures retrieved from Ethnologue.<ref name="Ethnologue">[http://www.ethnologue.com Ethnologue]</ref>
Figures retrieved from Ethnologue.<ref name="Ethnologue">[http://www.ethnologue.com Ethnologue]</ref>

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Tsezic
Geographic
distribution		Southwest Dagestan
Linguistic classificationNortheast Caucasian
  • Tsezic
Glottologtsez1239
  Tsezic

The Tsezic languages (also called Didoic languages) form one of the seven main branches of the Northeast Caucasian language family. It branches into Tsez–Hinukh and Bezhta–Hunzib–Khwarshi, according to research published in 2009.[1] They were formerly classified geographically into East Tsezic (Hinukh, and Bezhta) and West Tsezic (Tsez, Khwarshi, and Hunzib).[citation needed] The Avar language serves as the literary language for speakers of Tsezic languages.

Internal branching

Schulze (2009)[1] gives the following family tree for the Tsezic languages:

Figures retrieved from Ethnologue.[2]

Kassian and Testelets (2015) do not consider Tsez and Hinukh to form a distinct subgroup.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b The Languages of the Caucasus, by Wolfgang Schulze (2009) Archived 2017-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Ethnologue
  3. ^ Алексей Касьян, Яков Тестелец. Филогения цезской языковой группы: лексикостатистика и грамматические инновации. X традиционные чтения памяти С. А. Старостина, РГГУ, Москва, 27 марта 2015 г.

See also


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