Chechen
Noxçiyn mott
Chechen is a Nakh-Daghestanian language spoken in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Georgia, by about 1.4 million people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Chechen (Нохчийн, Noxçiyn, [ˈnɔxt͡ʃĩː]) is a Northeast Caucasian language, spoken primarily by the Chechen people, native to the Russian republic of Chechnya, as well as its neighbouring republics. With approximately 1.8 million speakers, it is also spoken by members of the Chechen diaspora throughout Russia and the rest of the world.
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Words in Chechen
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | нана | nana |
| father | да | da |
| child | бер | ber |
| man | стаг | stag |
| woman | зуда | zuda |
| person | адам | adam |
| name | цӏе | cʼe |
| friend | доттагӏ | dottağ |
| eye | бӏаьрг | bˀärg |
| ear | лерг | lerg |
| nose | мара | mara |
| tooth | церг | cerg |
| tongue | мотт | mott |
| hand | ка | ka |
| heart | дог | dog |
| head | корта | korta |
| blood | цӏий | cʼii |
| bone | даьӏахк | däˀaxk |
| skin | цӏока | cʼoka |
| knee | гола | gola |
| breast | нӏакха | nˀaqa |
| liver | доӏахк | doˀaxk |
| water | хи | xi |
| fire | цӏе | cʼe |
| moon | бутт | butt |
| star | седа | seda |
| sky | стигал | stigal |
| rain | догӏа | doğa |
| snow | ло | lo |
| wind | мох | mox |
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