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Where are Chechen and Ingush spoken?
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Chechen and Ingush are Nakh languages, which are part of the Northeast Caucasian language family.
Speakers of these languages are primarily located in the Caucasus region of southwestern Russia. Specifically, the Chechen people live in Chechnya, while the Ingush people reside in Ingushetiya. Both languages are closely related and possess a written form.12