Vainakh languages

Dialect continuum consisting of Chechen and Ingush
Vainakh
Geographic
distribution
Central Caucasus
Linguistic classificationNortheast Caucasian
  • Nakh
    • Vainakh
Subdivisions
  • Chechen
  • Ingush
Glottologchec1244
Approximate distribution of the branches of the Northeast Caucasian languages   Nakh   Avar-Andic   Tsezic   Dargin   Lak   Lezgic   Khinalug

The Vainakh (also spelled Veinakh) languages are a dialect continuum that consists of the Chechen and Ingush languages, spoken mainly in the Russian republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia, as well as in the Chechen diaspora. Together with Bats, they form the Nakh branch of the Northeast Caucasian languages family.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Zur Sprachgeschichte des Kaukasus (On the language history of the Caucasus), page 23.[permanent dead link]
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Northeast Caucasian languages
Avar–Andic
  • Andic
    • Andi
    • Akhvakh
    • Bagvalal–Tindi
    • Botlix–Godoberi
    • Chamalal
    • Karata
  • Avar
Dargin
  • Chirag
North-Central
  • Mehweb
  • Gapshima
  • Muira [ru]
  • Tsudaqar [ru]–Usisha–Butri
  • Northern Dargin [ru]
    • Akusha [ru]
      • Literary Dargwa
    • Murego–Gubden
    • Kadar
    • Mugi [ru]
    • Upper Mulebki
    • Urakhi [ru]
Southern
  • Ashti [ru]–Kubachi
  • Sanzhi–Itsari
  • Amuzgi–Shiri
  • Sanakari–Chakhrizhi
  • Southwestern Dargwa
    • Sirhwa
    • Tanti
    • Upper Vurqni
Kaitag–Shari
  • Kaitag
  • Shari
Lezgic
Samur
Eastern
Southern
Western
NakhTsezicOthers
Italics indicate extinct languages
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Caucasian
(areal)
South
(Kartvelian)
Northeast
(Caspian)
Avar–Andic
Dargin
Lezgic
Nakh
Tsezic (Didoic)
Others
Northwest
(Pontic)
Indo-
European
Iranian
Slavic
Others
Turkic
Kipchak
Oghuz
Others
  • Italics indicate extinct languages
  • Languages between parentheses are varieties of the language on their left.
See also
Languages of Armenia
Languages of Azerbaijan
Languages of Georgia
Languages of Russia


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