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Chechen language

Chechen
Нохчийн мотт
Noxçiyn mott
Pronunciation[ˈnɔxt͡ʃĩː muɔt]
Native toRussia
RegionChechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan
EthnicityChechens
Native speakers
1.8 million (2020)[1]
Dialects
  • Akkin
  • Shatoi
  • Melkhin
  • Kistin
  • Cheberloi
  • Ploskost
Cyrillic script (present, official)
Latin script (historically)
Arabic script (historically)
Georgian script (historically)
Official status
Official language in
 Russia
Language codes
ISO 639-1ce
ISO 639-2che
ISO 639-3che
Glottologchec1245
GlottopediaTschetschenisch[2]
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Chechen (/ˈtʃɛtʃɛn/ CHETCH-en,[3] /tʃəˈtʃɛn/ chə-CHEN[4]) (Нохчийн мотт, Noxçiyn mott,[5] [ˈnɔxt͡ʃĩː muɔt]) is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by approximately 1.8 million people, mostly in the Chechen Republic and by members of the Chechen diaspora throughout Russia and the rest of Europe, Jordan, Austria, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Central Asia (mainly Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan) and Georgia.

  1. ^ Chechen at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Glottopedia article on Chechen language.
  3. ^ Longman, J.C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3 ed.). Pearson Education ESL. ISBN 978-1405881173.
  4. ^ "Chechnya". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary.
  5. ^ "Chechen table of correspondence Cyrillic-Roman (BGN/PCGN 2008 Agreement)" (PDF). National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2022-02-04.