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Chechen
Нохчийн мотт
Noxçiyn mott
Native to Russia
Region Republic of Chechnya
Ethnicity Chechens
Native speakers 1.36 million  (2010)e17
Language family
Northeast Caucasian
  • Nakh
    • Vainakh
      • Chechen
Writing system Cyrillic, Latin (present)
Arabic, Georgian (historical)
Official status
Official language in Chechnya, Dagestan
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The Chechen language is spoken by more than 1,3 million people. It is spoken mostly in Chechnya and by Chechen people in other places. It is one of the Northeast Caucasian languages.


Images for kids

  • Serlo

    Chechen-Soviet newspaper Serlo (Light), written in the Chechen Latin script during the era of Korenizatsiya

  • Chechen alphabet-1925

    Chechen language Arabic script alphabet from 1925 ABC book

  • Banknote north caucasian emirate

    Banknote of the North Caucasian Emirate

  • Beriyn Poliklinika, Sölƶa-Ġala

    Chechen Cyrillic on a plate in Grozny

See also

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