Chechen language

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.

Chechen
Нохчийн мотт Noxçiyn mott
Native to	Russia
Region	Republic of Chechnya
Ethnicity	Chechens
Native speakers	1.36 million (2010)[1]
Language family	Northeast Caucasian Nakh Vainakh Chechen
Writing system	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
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