Ingush language
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| Ingush (ГІалгІай [Ghalgay]) | |
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| Spoken in: | Russia, Uzbekistan |
| Region: | Chechen Ingushetia |
| Total speakers: | ~230,000 |
| Ranking: | Not in top 100 |
| Genetic classification: | Caucasian languages (disputed) North Caucasian languages (disputed) |
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| Official language of: | Ingushetia (federal subject of Russia) |
| Regulated by: | - |
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| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | cau |
| SIL | INH |
| See also: Language – List of languages | |
Ingush language is a language spoken by approximately 230,315 people (1989) across a region covering Ingushetia, Chechnya, Uzbekistan and Russia.
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Classification
Ingush and Chechen, together with Bats, constitute the Nakh language branch of the Northeast Caucasian language family.
Geographic distribution
Ingush is spoken by 230,315 people (1989) across a region covering Ingushetia, Chechnya, Uzbekistan and Russia.
Official status
Ingush is the official language of Ingushetia, a federal subject of Russia.
Writing system
Ingush became a written language with an Arabic-based writing system at the beginning of the 20th century. After the October revolution it first used a Latin alphabet which was later replaced by Cyrillic letters.
History
During Stalinist Russia Ingush-speakers were deported to Kazakhstan and Siberia. Much of their population and rights were lost in that time period.
External links
- Ethnologue report for Ingush (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=INH)
- Ingush Language Project at UC Berkeley (http://ingush.berkeley.edu:7012/)
- University of Graz - Language Server (http://languageserver.uni-graz.at/ls/desc?id=36&type=r)
- Online Ingush grammar and related material (in Russian) (http://ingush.narod.ru/lang/)