Aukh dialect
| Aukh dialect | |
|---|---|
| Ӏовхойн диалект | |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Dagestan, Aukh |
| Ethnicity | Chechens (Aukhs) |
Native speakers | 160,000 (2014) |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
Ethnographic map of the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, with Aukhs | |
The Aukh dialect (Chechen: Ӏовхойн диалект, romanized: 'Ovkhoyn dialekt, Russian: Ауховский диалект, romanized: Aukhovskiy dialekt) is a dialect of the Chechen language. It is primarily spoken by residents of northern Dagestan, and the estimated number of speakers is about 160,000. It is the native dialect of the Aukh society. Linguist Yuri Koryakov considers Aukh to be on par with Ingush and Chechen in the Vainakh language group.