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Tsez also known as Dido (цезяс мец cezyas mec or цез мец cez mec in Tsez) is a Northeast Caucasian language with about 15354 speakers (2002) spoken by the Tsez a Muslim people in the mountainous Tsunta district of southwestern Dagestan in Russia. The name is said to derive from the Tsez word for eagle which is most likely a folk etymology. The name Dido is derived from the Georgian word დიდი (didi) meaning big.Tsez lacks a literary tradition and is poorly represented in written form.

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