Tsezic languages

Tsezic
Geographic distribution:	Southwest Dagestan
Linguistic classification:	Northeast Caucasian Tsezic

Glottolog:	`tsez1239`^[1]
Tsezic

The Tsezic languages (also called Didoic languages) form one of the seven main branches of Northeast Caucasian language family. It branches into Tsez–Hinukh and Bezhta–Hunzib–Khwarshi, according to the latest research.^[2] They were formerly classified geographically into East Tsezic (Hinukh, and Bezhta) and West Tsezic (Tsez, Khwarshi, and Hunzib). The Avar language serves as the literary language for speakers of Tsezic languages.

Internal branching

Schulze (2009)^[2] gives the following family tree for the Tsezic languages:

Tsez–Hinukh
- Tsez (15,400)
- Hinukh (550)
Bezhta–Hunzib–Khwarshi
- Bezhta (6200)
- Hunzib (1840)
- Khwarshi (1870)

Figures retrieved from Ethnologue.^[3]

References

^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Tsezic". Glottolog 2.2. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
^ ^a ^b The Languages of the Caucasus, by Wolfgang Schulze (2009)
^ Ethnologue

Northeast Caucasian languages

Avar–Andic languages	Akhvakh Andi Avar Bagvalal Botlikh Chamalal Godoberi Karata Tindi

Tsezic languages	Bezhta Hinukh Hunzib Khwarshi Tsez

Dargin languages	Chirag Dargwa Itsari Kajtak Kubachi

Lezgic languages	Aghul Archi Budukh Kryts Lezgian Rutul Tabasaran Tsakhur Udi

Nakh languages	Bats Chechen Ingush

Other languages	Khinalug Lak

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Tsezic languages