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The Tsez (also known as the Dido or the Didoi) are a North Caucasian ethnic group. Their unwritten language, also called Tsez or Dido, belongs to the Northeast Caucasian group with some 15,354 speakers.[2] For demographic purposes, today they are classified with the Avars with whom the Tsez share a religion, Sunni Islam, and some cultural traits. They are centered at the Tsunta district of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. The term “Dido” is sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to the Tsez as well as the Bezhtas, Hinukhs, Khwarshis and Hunzibs, which are also categorized as Avar subgroups.[2] According to the 2002 Russian census, there were 15,256 self-identified Tsez in Russia (15,176 in their homeland), notated as an "Avar subgroup", though the real number is probably slightly greater.
 The flag of the Tsez people | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 30,000 (highest est.) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Russia | 14,881 (2021 census)[1] |
| Languages | |
| Tsez | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Georgians, Avars and other Northeast Caucasian peoples | |
Culture
editThe Tsez traditionally engaged in raising livestock and limited cultivation. In more recent times, some Tsez have migrated to industrial centers for work.[3] The Tsez adhere to Sunni Islam. Islam became the majority faith of the Tsez by the 17th and 18th centuries though elements of pre-Islamic customs are still present.[3]
Genetics
editAccording to genetic studies in 2016, the following haplogroups are found to predominate among Tsez:[4]
- J1 (99%)
- J2 (1%)
References
edit- ^ "Национальный состав населения Российской Федерации согласно переписи населения 2021 года". Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
- ^ a b Olson, James Stuart; Pappas, Lee Brigance & Pappas, Nicholas Charles (1994), An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of the Russian and Soviet Empires, p. 199. Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0-313-27497-5.
- ^ a b "The Didos". www.eki.ee. The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ "Gene pool of the Tsez populations of Dagestan from the data of Y-chromosome markers".
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