This article covers the Chechen people as an ethnic group, not Chechen meaning citizens of Chechnya. Geography The Chechen people are mainly inhabitants of Chechnya, which is internationally recognized as part of Russia. Two wars were fought in the 1990s and 2000s over attempts of some ethnic clans to secede...
Chechen people, an This article or section should be merged with ethnicity An ethnic group is a group of people who identify with one another, or are so identified by others, on the basis of a boundary that distinguishes them from other groups. This boundary may take any of a number of forms...
ethnic group
Chechen (Нохчийн) Spoken in: Russia Region: autonomous republic of Chechnya Total speakers: 944,600 Ranking: Not in top 100 Genetic classification: Caucasian (geographical convention) North (disputed) North Central Chechen-Ingush Chechen Official status Official...
Chechen language
Related to The Chechen Republic (Russian: Чеченская Республика; Chechen (Нохчийн) Spoken in: Russia Region: autonomous republic of Chechnya Total speakers: 944,600 Ranking: Not in top 100 Genetic classification...
Chechnya
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The Chechen language is one of the languages of the Caucasus.
Chechen is an official language of Chechnya, an autonomous republic of Russia.
The Chechen diaspora in Jordan, Turkey and Syria is fluent but generally not literate in Chechen except for individuals who have made efforts to learn the writing system, and of course the Cyrillic alphabet is not generally known in these countries.