Editing Chechen language (section)

{{Short description|Northeast Caucasian language of Chechnya, Russia}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Chechen
| nativename       = {{lang|ce-Cyrl|Нохчийн мотт}} {{lang|ce-Latn|Noxçiyn mott}}
| pronunciation    = {{IPA|ce|ˈnɔxt͡ʃĩː muɔt|}}
| states           = [[North Caucasus]]
| region           = [[Chechnya]], [[Ingushetia]], [[Dagestan]]
| ethnicity        = [[Chechens]]
| speakers         = {{sigfig|1.762950|2}} million
| date             = 2020
| ref              = e27
| script           = [[Cyrillic script]] <small>(present, official)</small><br/> [[Latin script]] <small>(historically)</small><br/>[[Arabic script]] <small>(historically)</small><br/>[[Georgian scripts|Georgian script]] <small>(historically)</small>
| familycolor      = Caucasian
| fam1             = [[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]]
| fam2             = [[Nakh languages|Nakh]]
| fam3             = [[Vainakh languages|Vainakh]]
| dia1             = Ploskost
| dia2             = Kistin
| dia3             = Cheberloi
| dia4             = Melkhin
| dia5             = Itumkala
| dia6             = [[Aukh dialect|Akkin]]<ref name=e27/>
| nation           = {{Flag|Russia}}
*{{Flag|Chechnya}}
*{{Flag|Dagestan}}
| iso1             = ce
| iso2             = che
| iso3             = che
| glotto           = chec1245
| glottorefname    = Chechen
| glottopedia      = Tschetschenisch
| notice           = IPA
| map              = File:Northeast Caucasus languages map en.svg
| mapcaption       = {{legend|#CEDF88|Chechen}}
| map2             = Lang Status 80-VU.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{center|{{small|Chechen is classified as Vulnerable by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wal.unesco.org/countries/russian-federation/languages/chechen |title=Chechen in Russian Federation 
|work=UNESCO WAL |access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref>}}}}
}}

'''Chechen''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|tʃ|ɛ|tʃ|ɛ|n}} {{respell|CHETCH|en}},<ref>{{cite book |last1=Longman |first1=J.C. |title=Longman Pronunciation Dictionary |date=2008 |publisher=Pearson Education ESL |isbn=978-1405881173 |edition=3}}</ref> {{IPAc-en|tʃ|ə|ˈ|tʃ|ɛ|n}} {{respell|chə|CHEN}};<ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Chechnya}}</ref> {{lang|ce-Cyrl|Нохчийн мотт}}, {{lang|ce-Latn|Noxçiyn mott}},<ref name="BGN/PCGN">{{cite web|url= https://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/Romanization/TABLE%20OF%20CORRESPONDENCES%20FOR%20CHECHEN.pdf 
|title= Chechen table of correspondence Cyrillic-Roman (BGN/PCGN 2008 Agreement) |publisher= National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |date= |accessdate=2022-02-04}}</ref> {{IPA|ce|ˈnɔxt͡ʃĩː muɔt|}}) is a [[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian language]] spoken by approximately 1.8 million people, mostly in the [[Chechnya|Chechen Republic]] and by [[Chechens|members of the Chechen diaspora]] throughout [[Russia]] and the rest of [[Europe]], [[Jordan]], [[Turkey]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Ukraine]], [[Central Asia]] (mainly [[Kazakhstan]] and [[Kyrgyzstan]]) and [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].