Dialect continuum consisting of Chechen and Ingush
Vainakh
Geographic distribution
Central Caucasus
Linguistic classification
Northeast Caucasian
Nakh
Vainakh
Subdivisions
Chechen
Ingush
Glottolog
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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]
^Zur Sprachgeschichte des Kaukasus (On the language history of the Caucasus), page 23.[permanent dead link]
The Vainakh (also spelled Veinakh) languages are a dialect continuum that consists of the Chechen and Ingush languages, spoken mainly in the Russian republics...
Northeast Caucasian languages, also called East Caucasian, Nakh-Daghestani or Vainakh-Daghestani, or sometimes Caspian languages (from the Caspian Sea...
Neolithic (ca. 4th millennium BC). Nakh language family Vainakhlanguages, a dialect continuum with two literary languages: Chechen – approximately 2,000,000...
including closely related minor or historical groups. "Nakh peoples" and "Vainakh peoples" are two terms that were coined by Soviet ethnographers such as...
slay.PRES '(I) slay (my) foe with a katana.' The instrumental in the Vainakhlanguages of the North Caucasus, comprising Chechen and Ingush, is denoted by...
The Vainakh peoples of the North Caucasus (Chechens and Ingush) were Islamised comparatively late, during the early modern period, and Amjad Jaimoukha...
attributed both Ingush and Batsbi to the Chechen language (as its dialects) before the endoethnonym Vainakh appeared at the beginning of the 20th century...
also stated that each tukkhum spoke a different dialect of the same Vainakhlanguage. Despite this, it is still a relatively important social grouping,...
Malsagov (Ingush: Малсагнаькъан, romanized: Malsagnäqhan; the name of an Ingusg clan, see inh:Малсаганаькъан) is an Ingush surname derived from Ingush...
FC Vaynakh Shali (Russian: «Вайнах» (Шали)) was a Russian football team from Shali. It played professionally in 1991 and 1992. Their best result was 20th...
and the Ingush speak languages that are closely related and have a degree of passive intelligibility, both being Vainakhlanguages. The Chechen-Russian...
migrated onto their land) and akin (but not equivalent to) to the Vainakhlanguages, but he later changed his view as he saw more arguments backing up...
and his name translates to "Owner of the power of the sun" in the Vainakhlanguages. The name "Adirmalkh" was supposedly a common name for the kings of...
romanized: Pẋarmat, lit. 'creator of the nation/language/land') is a legendary hero of the Vainakh people who stole fire for mankind, thus allowing them...
Vainakh Democratic Party (Chechen: Вайнехан Демократан Цхьанкхетаралла, romanized: Vaynеxan Dеmokratan Cẋanqеtaralla) was a political party of Chechen...
large degree of mutual intelligibility and shared vocabulary, it forms the Vainakh branch. There are a number of Chechen dialects: Aukh, Chebarloish, Malkhish...
Kartvelian languages also known as South Caucasian languages. Along with Mingrelian, it forms the Zan branch of this Kartvelian language family. The...
Ingush language, case affix "-gha" was used instead to form the ethnonym. According to Ibragim Aliroev, the "-gha" in ghalghai is the Vainakh syllable...
like wolves". Amjad Jaimoukha notes in his book The Chechens that sadly, "Vainakh history is perhaps the most poorly studied of the peoples of the North...
Nakh peoples of the North Caucasus – see Vainakh mythology and see also Ingushetia – the best-known of the Vainakh peoples today being the Chechens of Chechnya...
Кавказских языков" [Register of Caucasian languages] (PDF). Атлас кавказских языков [Atlas of Caucasian languages] (PDF) (in Russian). Moscow: Piligrim....
mainly in Georgian, Arabic, but also Armenian sources in reference to the Vainakh peoples (Chechens and Ingush). Researchers unanimously identify the Durdzuks...
classification for the Ingush, Chechen and Bats languages, instead of artificially invented terms, such as "Nakh" or "Vainakh": "Chachnuri" (Chechen) – i.e. "Nakhchouri"...
Caucasian languages, including Caucasian Avars, Laks, and many others (although the Vainakh peoples, who were Northeast Caucasian language speakers were...
as an independent ethnic group. After the forcible deportation of the Vainakh people and disbandment of the Chechen–Ingush ASSR, they were (together...