Tindi

TIN

threatened

Alternate Names: Tindal, Tindin

Dialects: Angidin-Aknadin, Tindin-Echendin. Bagvalal , closely related, but probably not inherently intelligible.

Genealogy:

North Caucasian
East Caucasian
Avar-Andic
Andic

Demographics: 2,150 (2010 census).

Language Use: Home, community. Few child speakers (Salminen 2007). Positive attitudes. Avar [ava] is literary language. Also use Russian [rus]. Used as L2 by Bagvalal [kva].

Language Development: Dictionary.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Russian Federation

Other Comments: Muslim.