Northeast Caucasian family
Chechen
c. 1500 CE – today Living
Chechen (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Northeast Caucasian language. Lineage: Proto-Northeast Caucasian → Proto-Nakh → Chechen.
See Chechen on the interactive map- Speakers
- 1.7M (1,700,000)
- ISO 639-3
- che
- Glottocode
- chec1245
Largest Nakh language, spoken in Chechnya. Written only since the 19th century. Start date is nominal.
Lineage
- Proto-Northeast Caucasianc. 4,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
- Proto-Nakhc. 1,000 BCE – 500 CE
- Chechenc. 1500 CE – today
Sister languages 1
Also descended from Proto-Nakh.