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Ingush

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Also known as Ingush language

language spoken by the Ingush people

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Ingush is a language spoken by the Ingush people, an ethnic group primarily located in the North Caucasus region. It belongs to the Caucasian language family and represents an important part of Ingush cultural identity and heritage.

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number of speakers, writers, or signers
322900
Wikimedia language code
inh
native label
гӏалгӏай мотт‎
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Ingush language
short name
мæхъхъæлон
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Ingush (/ˈɪŋɡʊʃ/; гӏалгӏай мотт, ġalġay mott, IPA: [ˈɣəɫɣəɪ mʷɔtː]) is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 350,000 people, known as the Ingush, across a region covering the Russian republics of Ingushetia, Chechnya, North Ossetia, as well as the countries of Turkey, Kazakhstan, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and others.

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