ISO 639-3 · cheche
Northeast Caucasian family
Chechen
Нохчийн мотт
Chechen is a language of the Nakh branch (Northeast Caucasian), spoken in Russia, Turkey, Jordan and Georgia and 1 more country. Wikidata counts about 1.4 m speakers (2010). Wikidata describes it as “Northeast Caucasian language spoken mostly in Chechnya and by Chechen people”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
che- ISO 639-1
ce- Glottocode
chec1245- Family
- Northeast Caucasian
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 43.40, 45.72
- Wikipedia
- 124 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
5countries
4scripts
2levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Chechen · Нохчийн мотт |
|---|---|
| Also called | Chechen language |
| All speakers | 1,393,900 (2010) |
| Written in | Latin script, Chechen writing, Cyrillic, Arabic script |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Northeast Caucasian to Chechen
The branches above Chechen, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Russia
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