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Vainakhish languages

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Geographic distribution
  
Central Caucasus

Glottolog
  
chec1244

Subdivisions
  
Chechen Ingush

Linguistic classification
  
Northeast Caucasian Nakh Vainakh

The Vainakh languages consist of the dialect continuum between the Chechen and Ingush languages, mainly spoken in the Russian republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia, as well as in the Chechen diaspora. Together with Bats it forms the Nakh branch of the Northeast Caucasian languages family.

References

Vainakhish languages Wikipedia