Tindi is a
Northeast Caucasian language spoken in the
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
n republic of
Dagestan.
Tindis call their language ''Idarab mitstsi'' meaning 'the language of the Idar village'. It is only an oral language;
Avar or
Russian
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
are used in written communication instead.
Tindi vocabulary contains many
loanword
A loanword (also loan word or loan-word) is a word at least partly assimilated from one language (the donor language) into another language. This is in contrast to cognates, which are words in two or more languages that are similar because t ...
s from Avar, Turkish, Arabic, and Russian.
It has approximately 2,150 speakers.
References
External links
The peoples of the Red Book: Tindis
Northeast Caucasian languages
Andic languages
Dagestan
Languages of Russia
Endangered Caucasian languages
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