Tsez people
The flag of the Tsez people | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 30,000 (highest est.) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Russia | 14,881 (2021 census) |
| Languages | |
| Tsez | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Georgians, Avars and other Northeast Caucasian peoples | |
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. 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. According to the 2002 Russian census, there were 15,256 self-identified Tsez in Russia (15,176 in their homeland).