Language code: inh

Technical information about ISO 639 language code inh

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

Code

inh

Name

Ingush

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
DzheirakhNazranMalgobekKistin
Related languages
ChechenBats (Batsbi)Avar
Key facts
Ingush belongs to the Nakh branch of the Northeast Caucasian familyIts Cyrillic alphabet adds special letters such as Ӏ, аь and оь to capture unique soundsThe language shows ergative alignment and marks up to eight grammatical casesContrastive ejective consonants (kʼ, tʼ, qʼ, etc.) are characteristic of its phonologyWord stress usually falls on the last syllable.
Sample phrase

Салам, хьо дикахь?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

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

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