Ingush language

Ingush
Гӏалгӏай мотт
Ghalghai mott
Pronunciation[ˈʁəlʁɑj mot]
Native toRussia
RegionIngushetia, Chechnya
EthnicityIngush
Native speakers
350,000 (2020)[1]
Cyrillic (current)
Georgian, Arabic, Latin (historical)
Official status
Official language in
 Russia
Language codes
ISO 639-2inh
ISO 639-3inh
Glottologingu1240
  Ingush
Ingush is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2]
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Ingush (/ˈɪŋɡʊʃ/; Гӏалгӏай мотт, Ghalghai mott, pronounced [ˈʁəlʁɑj mot]) is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 350,000 people,[1] known as the Ingush, across a region covering the Russian republics of Ingushetia, Chechnya, North Ossetia, as well as the countries Turkey, Kazakhstan, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, et al.[3]

  1. ^ a b Ingush at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Ingush in Russian Federation". UNESCO WAL. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Ингушский язык" [The Ingush language]. minlang.iling-ran.ru. Minority languages of Russia: A project of the Institute of Linguistics (Russian Academy of Sciences). Retrieved August 4, 2024.