ceTechnical information about ISO 639 language code ce
The table below provides technical details for the Chechen language, designated by the ce code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Chechen Native Нохчийн мотт |
| Family | Northeast Caucasian |
| Scripts | |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Plain (Lowland)Mountain (Highland)Akkin (Kist) |
| Related languages | IngushBats (Batsbi/Tsova-Tush)Avar |
| Key facts | Belongs to the Nakh branch of the Northeast Caucasian familyHas 40-plus consonants, including ejectives and pharyngealsWritten today with an extended Cyrillic alphabet, but historically used Arabic and Latin scriptsDisplays ergative alignment in its grammarNouns inflect for 6–8 grammatical cases and belong to several noun classes. |
| Sample phrase | Салам, хьо цу хета? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
Chechen belongs to the Northeast Caucasian language family. It is officially used in Chechnya, Russia, and is written using Cyrillic script. It is estimated that there are more than 1.8 million speakers worldwide.
Speakers
1.5M
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Chechen speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
ce-RU – Chechen (Russia)
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