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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries车臣语
Pronunciation / Transliteration: chēchényǔ
"车臣语是高加索语系的一部分。"
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A member of an ethnic group native to the North Caucasus region, predominantly living in the Chechen Republic in Russia.
"The Chechen people have a rich history of oral poetry and distinct cultural traditions."
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Relating to Chechnya, its people, or their Northeast Caucasian language.
"He is studying the complexities of Chechen grammar and syntax."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Russian ethnonym 'Chechenets', based on the name of the medieval aul of Checheyul on the Argun River. It entered English via Russian and European geographical and anthropological literature in the 19th century during the Caucasian War.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Chechen" is said worldwide
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tchétchène
Transliteration: tʃetʃɛn
"Il apprend à parler le tchétchène."
tschetschenisch
Transliteration: tʃɛˈtʃeːnɪʃ
"Die tschetschenische Kultur ist sehr faszinierend."
ceceno
Transliteration: tʃeˈtʃɛno
"La lingua cecena appartiene alla famiglia caucasica."
checheno
Transliteration: tʃeˈtʃeno
"El pueblo checheno tiene una historia muy antigua."
checheno
Transliteration: ʃeˈʃenu
"Ele é um escritor checheno renomado."
चेचेन
Transliteration: chechen
"चेचेन भाषा कोकेशियाई परिवार से संबंधित है।"
车臣语
Transliteration: chēchényǔ
"车臣语是高加索语系的一部分。"
체첸어
Transliteration: chechen-eo
"그는 체첸어와 러시아어를 유창하게 구사한다."
チェチェン語
Transliteration: chechen-go
"チェチェン語は北カフカス諸語の一つです。"
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