| Tindi | |
|---|---|
| Идараб мицциIdarab mittsi | |
| Pronunciation | [idarabmitsːi] |
| Native to | North Caucasus |
| Region | SouthernDagestan |
| Ethnicity | Tindi people |
Native speakers | 4,500 (2020 census)[1] |
Northeast Caucasian
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| 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 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]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː | u uː | |
| Mid | e eː | o oː | |
| Open | a aː |
Nasalized vowels may also exist as/ĩ,ẽ,ã,õ,ũ/ and as long-nasalized/ĩː,ẽː,ãː,õː,ũː/.
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyn- geal | Glottal | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | lateral | central | palatalized | ||||||||||||||
| lenis | fortis | lenis | fortis | lenis | fortis | lenis | fortis | lenis | fortis | lenis | fortis | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | kː | kʲ | kʲː | ||||||||||
| ejective | tʼ | kʼ | kʲʼ | ʔ | |||||||||||||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | ɡʲ | |||||||||||||
| Affricate | voiceless | t͡s | t͡sː | t͡ʃ | t͡ʃː | t͡ɬː | q͡χː | ||||||||||
| ejective | t͡sʼ | t͡sʼː | t͡ʃʼ | t͡ʃʼː | t͡ɬʼː | q͡χʼː | |||||||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | sː | ʃ | ʃː | ɬ | ɬː | ç | χ | χː | ħ | h | |||||
| voiced | z | ʒ | ʁ | ʕ | |||||||||||||
| Trill | r | ||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | w | l | j | ||||||||||||||
Tindi is typically unwritten. A 2003 dictionary uses the following orthography:[6]
| А а | А̄ а̄ | Аᵸ аᵸ | А̄ᵸ а̄ᵸ | Б б | В в | Г г | Г' г' | Гъ гъ |
| Гь гь | ГӀ гӀ | Д д | Е е | Еᵸ еᵸ | Е̄ е̄ | Ж ж | Дж дж | З з |
| И и | Ӣ ӣ | Иᵸ иᵸ | Ӣᵸ ӣᵸ | Й й | К к | Кк кк | К' к' | Кк' кк' |
| КӀ кӀ | КӀ' кӀ' | Л л | Лъ лъ | Лъ' лъ' | Ллъ ллъ | ЛӀ лӀ | М м | Н н |
| О о | О̄ о̄ | Оᵸ оᵸ | П п | С с | C̄ c̄ | Т т | ТӀ тӀ | У у |
| Ӯ ӯ | Уᵸ уᵸ | Ӯᵸ ӯᵸ | Х х | Хх хх | Хъ хъ | Хь хь | Хь' хь' | ХӀ хӀ |
| Ц ц | Цц цц | ЦӀ цӀ | Ч ч | Чч чч | Ш ш | Щ щ | Ъ ъ | Э э |
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