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The Chechen language has about 1,200,000 speakers, and along with Ingush is one of the largest indigenous languages of the northern Caucasus. The Russian-Chechen wars have created refugee and immigrant populations in Russia and Europe, and these populations are anxious to maintain the younger generations' fluency in Chechen and uphold ethnic and linguistic consciousness among expatriate Chechens worldwide. This bilingual dictionary has approximately 5000 Chechen words and about 5000 English words. The Chechen words are cited in both current Cyrillic orthography and the Latin system. Entries have full grammatical information and glossaries include alternatives and comments so as to convey the full meanings of words as opposed to simply translating them.

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Author:   Johanna Nichols ,  Ronald L. Sprouse ,  Arbi Vagapov
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.179kg
ISBN:  

9780415315944

ISBN 10:   0415315948
Pages:   704
Publication Date:   27 May 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Language:   Chechen & English

Table of Contents

Introduction The Chechen language and people Spelling, transcription, and sound system Abbreviations and conventions Structure of Chechen-English dictionary entries Chechen-English dictionary: Cyrillic spelling Chechen-English dictionary: Latin spelling Structure of English-Chechen dictionary entries English-Chechen dictionary Appendices: 1. Cases of nouns 2. Plurals of nouns 3. Pronouns 4. Verb conjugation 5. Gender prefixes 6. Numerals

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Johanna Nichols is Professor of Slavic linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research is on languages of the Caucasus, Slavic languages, linguistic typology, and historical linguistics. Arbi Vagapov is Professor of applied Chechen linguistics at the University of Grozny. His research is on Chechen grammar and lexicology and historical linguistics. Ronald L. Sprouse is a researcher and programmer in the Linguistics Department at the University of California, Berkeley. His work is primarily in the areas of phonology, morphology, and phonetics.

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