Ingush language

Ingush
Ingush
гӏалгӏай мотт (Ghalghaj mott)
Pronunciation	[ˈʁəlʁɑj mot]
Native to	North Caucasus
Region	Ingushetia, Chechnya
Ethnicity	Ingush
Native speakers	330,000 (2010–2017)
Language family	Northeast Caucasian Nakh Vainakh (Chechen–Ingush) Ingush; ; ;
Writing system	Cyrillic (current) ; Georgian, Arabic, Latin (historical)
Official status
Official language in	Russia Ingushetia;
Language codes
ISO 639-2	inh
ISO 639-3	inh
Glottolog	ingu1240

Ingush (/ˈɪŋɡʊʃ/; Гӏалгӏай мотт, Ghalghaj mott, pronounced [ˈʁəlʁɑj mot]) is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 500,000 people, known as the Ingush, across a region covering the Russian republics of Ingushetia and Chechnya.

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