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Tsezic languages

One of the seven main branches of Northeast Caucasian language family From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Geographic
distributionSouthwest Dagestan
Linguistic classificationNortheast Caucasian
  • Tsezic
Subdivisions
  • Tsez–Hinukh
  • Bezhta–Hunzib–Khwarshi
Glottologtsez1239
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Tsezic
Geographic
distribution		Southwest Dagestan
Linguistic classificationNortheast Caucasian
  • Tsezic
Subdivisions
  • Tsez–Hinukh
  • Bezhta–Hunzib–Khwarshi
Language codes
Glottologtsez1239
  Tsezic
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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]

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