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Chechen (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ tʃ ɛ n / CHETCH-en, [4] / tʃ ə ˈ tʃ ɛ n / chə-CHEN; [5] Нохчийн мотт, Noxçiyn mott, [6] [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 ...
Of all the languages of Russia, ... Can speak freely at least one language: English: 11% German: 2% ... The most studied languages are Tatar, Chechen and Chuvash with ...
Chechens in the diaspora often speak the language of the country they live in (English, French, German, Arabic, Polish, Georgian, Turkish, etc.). The Nakh languages are a subgroup of Northeast Caucasian , and as such are related to Nakho-Dagestanian family, including the languages of the Avars , Dargins , Lezghins , Laks , Rutulians , etc.
Main areas of Northeast Caucasian languages. The Northeast Caucasian languages, also called East Caucasian, Nakh-Daghestani or Vainakh-Daghestani, or sometimes Caspian languages (from the Caspian Sea, in contrast to Pontic languages for the Northwest Caucasian languages), is a family of languages spoken in the Russian republics of Dagestan, Chechnya and Ingushetia and in Northern Azerbaijan as ...
The Vainakh (also spelled Veinakh) languages are a dialect continuum that consists of the Chechen and Ingush languages, spoken mainly in the Russian republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia, as well as in the Chechen diaspora. Together with Bats, they form the Nakh branch of the Northeast Caucasian languages family. [1]
A large part of the population (63% as of 2011), especially the older generations, can speak Russian as a foreign language. [69] Only 3% used it as the main language with family or friends or at work, though. [34] English has replaced Russian as lingua franca in Lithuania and around 80% of young people speak English as the first foreign ...
The Orstkhoy, [a] historically commonly known under their exonyms: Karabulaks, Balsu, Baloy, are a historical ethnoterritorial society among the Chechen and Ingush peoples. . Their homeland is in the upper reaches of the Assa and Fortanga rivers in the historical region of Orstkhoy-Mokhk (the Sernovodsky District and the border part of the Achkhoy-Martanovsky District of the Chechen Republic ...
The Chechens and the Ingush speak languages that are closely related and have a degree of passive intelligibility, both being Vainakh languages. [11] The Chechen-Russian conflict is one of the longest and most protracted conflicts in modern history, spanning three centuries. [12]