Vainakh languages

Vainakh
Geographic distribution	Central Caucasus
Linguistic classification	Northeast Caucasian Nakh Vainakh
Subdivisions	Chechen Ingush
Language codes
Glottolog	chec1244

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

• Languages of the Caucasus
• Northeast Caucasian languages

References

1. Zur Sprachgeschichte des Kaukasus (On the language history of the Caucasus), page 23.^{[permanent dead link]}