Chechen | |
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Нохчийн мотт Noxçiyn mott | |
Native to | Russia |
Region | Republic of Chechnya |
Ethnicity | Chechens |
Native speakers | 1.36 million (2010)[1] |
Cyrillic, Latin (present) Arabic, Georgian (historical) | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Chechnya, Dagestan |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | ce |
ISO 639-2 | che |
ISO 639-3 | che |
The Chechen language is a North Caucasian language which 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.