Chechen language
E90390
The Chechen language is a Northeast Caucasian language primarily spoken in the Chechen Republic of Russia and by Chechen communities in the Caucasus and diaspora.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chechen | 3 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Northeast Caucasian language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ subject–object–verb language ⓘ |
| alignment | nominative–ergative features ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Northeast Caucasian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Nakh-Daghestanian languages (traditional term)
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Bats language
ⓘ
Ingush ⓘ
surface form:
Ingush language
|
| coOfficialWith | Russian language in the Chechen Republic ⓘ |
| endonym | нохчийн мотт ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Chechens ⓘ |
| family |
Nakh branch
ⓘ
Northeast Caucasian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Northeast Caucasian language family
|
| glottocode | chec1245 ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Mountain dialects
ⓘ
Plains dialects ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
ejective consonants
ⓘ
noun classes ⓘ vowel harmony ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
large consonant inventory ⓘ |
| ISO639-1Code | ce ⓘ |
| ISO639-2Code | che ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | che ⓘ |
| languageCodeStandard | part of ISO 639 ⓘ |
| languageRegulator |
Parliament of the Chechen Republic
ⓘ
surface form:
Chechen Republic authorities
|
| linguisticTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| morphologyType | rich case system ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Chechnya ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | over 1 million ⓘ |
| officialStatus | official language of the Chechen Republic ⓘ |
| previousWritingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Russia ⓘ |
| region | North Caucasus ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Caucasus region
ⓘ
Chechnya ⓘ
surface form:
Chechen Republic
Chechen diaspora communities ⓘ Russia ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Federation
|
| subfamily | Nakh languages ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Chechen diaspora in Europe
ⓘ
Chechens ⓘ
surface form:
Chechen diaspora in Jordan
Chechens ⓘ
surface form:
Chechen diaspora in Turkey
Chechen diaspora in the Middle East ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Chechen literature
ⓘ
Chechen media ⓘ education in Chechnya ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Cyrillic script ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chechen
this entity surface form:
Chechen
this entity surface form:
Chechen