Tindi
Идараб мицциIdarab mittsi
Pronunciation	[idarabmitsːi]
Native to	North Caucasus
Region	SouthernDagestan
Ethnicity	Tindi people
Native speakers	4,500 (2020 census)[1]
Language family	Northeast Caucasian Avar–Andic Andic Akhvakh–Tindi Karata–Tindi Botlikh–Tindi Bagvalal–Tindi Tindi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tin
Glottolog	tind1238
ELP	Tindi
Tindi
Tindi is classified as Definitely Endangered by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Tindi is aNortheast Caucasian language spoken in theRussian republic ofDagestan.Tindis have no individual designation for their language, but those living in the village ofIdar [ru] call their languageIdarab mitstsi meaning 'the language of the Idar village'. It is only an oral language;Avar orRussian are used in written communication instead.^[2] Tindi vocabulary contains manyloanwords from Avar, Turkish, Arabic, and Russian.^[3] It has approximately 4,500 speakers.^[1]

There are 20 phonemic vowels in Tindi.^[4][5]

Nasalized vowels may also exist as/ĩ,ẽ,ã,õ,ũ/ and as long-nasalized/ĩː,ẽː,ãː,õː,ũː/.

Tindi is typically unwritten. A 2003 dictionary uses the following orthography:^[6]

• Magomedbekova, Z. M. (2001). "Tindinskij Jazyk".Yazyki mira: Kavkazskie Yazyki. Moskva: Academia. pp. 283–291.

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