Tindian language

Indian
Spoken in	Russia
speaker	about 6000
Linguistic classification	Northeast Caucasian languages Ando-Avaro-Didoic languages Andean languages Tindian language
Official status
Official language in	-
Language codes
ISO 639 -1	-

Tindisch or Tindi (No. 22) in the environment of the Northeast Caucasian language family

Tindic is the language of the people of Tindi . It is spoken by around 5,000–6,000 people in several Aulen (villages) of the Zumada Rajon in western Bergdagestan near Georgia and Chechnya : in Tindi, Angida, Aknada, Etscheda and Tissi.

There is no self-designation of the speakers for their language; the inhabitants name themselves after their respective aul . The Tindic speakers are all bilingual and speak Avar as well as Tindic . An alphabet based on Cyrillic was developed.

Web links

Test Wikipedia in Tindian

• Tindian-Russian Dictionary
• Map of the small Ando-Avaro-Didoic languages in western Dagestan, Tindic: 9.