{{Short description|Dialect continuum consisting of Chechen and Ingush}} {{Infobox language family |name=Vainakh |region=Central Caucasus |familycolor=Caucasian |fam1=Northeast Caucasian |fam2=Nakh |child1=''Chechen'' |child2=''Ingush'' |glotto=chec1244 |glottorefname=Chechen–Ingush }}
thumb | right | Approximate distribution of the branches of the Northeast Caucasian languages Nakh Avar-Andic Tsezic Dargin Lak Lezgic Khinalug The '''Vainakh''' (also spelled '''Veinakh''') languages are a dialect continuum that consists of the Chechen and Ingush languages, spoken mainly in the Russian republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia, as well as in the Chechen diaspora. Together with Bats, they form the Nakh branch of the Northeast Caucasian languages family.<ref name="kaukhist">[http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~wschulze/kaukhist.pdf Zur Sprachgeschichte des Kaukasus (On the language history of the Caucasus), page 23.]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
== See also == * Languages of the Caucasus * Northeast Caucasian languages
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{{Northeast Caucasian languages}} {{Languages of the Caucasus}}
Category:Northeast Caucasian languages
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