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The Hinuq language (autonym: гьинузас мец hinuzas mec also known as Hinukh Hinux Ginukh or Ginux) is a Northeast Caucasian language of the Tsezic subgroup. It is spoken by about 200 to 500 people the Hinukhs in the Tsuntinsky District of southwestern Dagestan mainly in the village of Genukh (Hinukh: Hino). Hinukh is very closely related to Tsez but they are not entirely mutually intelligible.Only half of the children of the village speak the Hinukh language.