Language code: che

Technical information about ISO 639 language code che

The table below provides technical details for the Chechen language, designated by the che code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

che

Name

Official

Chechen

Native

Нохчийн мотт

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Central (Groznensky/Shali)Eastern (Aukh)NorthwesternSouthwesternItum-KaliKisti
Related languages
IngushBats (Batsbi)Avar
Key facts
Chechen has roughly 40 consonant phonemes, including many ejectivesThe current Chechen Cyrillic alphabet uses 49 letters and several apostrophe-marked symbolsGrammar is ergative–absolutive with verb agreement in noun classLexical stress is usually on the final syllableBefore the 20th century Chechen was written in Arabic script, later in Latin, and now mainly in Cyrillic
Sample phrase

Салам, хьо цу ву?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Chechen language, identified by the code che, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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