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Chechen

Also known as Chechen language

Northeast Caucasian language spoken mostly in Chechnya and by Chechen people

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Chechen is a language spoken primarily in Chechnya and by Chechen people in the North Caucasus region. It belongs to the Northeast Caucasian language family and represents an important part of Chechen cultural and ethnic identity.

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native label: Нохчийн мотт
Wikimedia language code: ce
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 1393900
Commons category: Chechen language
exact match: data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133085236
P10369: Big Bang
P11012: Terceira Divisão

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Chechen (Нохчийн, Noxçiyn, [ˈnɔxt͡ʃĩː]) is a Northeast Caucasian language, spoken primarily by the Chechen people, native to the Russian republic of Chechnya, as well as its neighbouring republics. With approximately 1.8 million speakers, it is also spoken by members of the Chechen diaspora throughout Russia and the rest of the world.

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