Tsez
Tsez is a Nakh-Daghestanian language spoken in Russia and Georgia, by about 12.5 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Tsez, also known as Dido (Tsez: цезйас мец (cezyas mec) or цез мец (cez mec)), is a Northeast Caucasian language with about 15,000 speakers (15,354 in 2002) spoken by the Tsez, a North Caucasian people in the mountainous Tsunta District of southwestern Dagestan in Russia. The name is said to derive from the Tsez word for 'eagle', but this is most likely a folk etymology. The name Dido is derived from the Georgian word დიდი (didi), meaning 'big'.
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Words in Tsez
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ZEku* | |
| name | ci* | |
| eye | ozuri* | |
| ear | aXya* | |
| nose | mali* | |
| tooth | kicu* | |
| tongue | mEc* | |
| hand | rEtLa* | |
| blood | iyo* | |
| bone | tLuza* | |
| skin | bik* | |
| knee | bECni* | |
| breast | kiki* | |
| liver | Zubi* | |
| water | лъи | |
| fire | ci* | |
| sun | buqX* | |
| star | ca* | |
| stone | гъӏул | ɣˤul |
| mountain | Xon* | |
| tree | Xun* | |
| leaf | tLEb* | |
| night | nESiru* | |
| dog | гъӏвай | |
| fish | bEsuro* | |
| louse | noci* | |
| one | sis* | |
| two | qano* | |
| I | di* | |
| you | mi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Glottolog · dido1241 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · ddo