Vainakh | |
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Geographic distribution: |
Central Caucasus |
Linguistic classification: |
Northeast Caucasian
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Subdivisions: | |
Glottolog: | chec1244 |
The Vainakh languages consist of the dialect continuum between the Chechen and Ingush languages, mainly spoken in the Russian republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia, as well as in the Chechen diaspora. Together with Bats it forms the Nakh branch of the Northeast Caucasian languages family.