Nakh languages

Nakh
Geographic distribution	Central Caucasus
Linguistic classification	Northeast Caucasian Nakh
Subdivisions	Vainakh Bats Èrsh? Malkh? Tsanars? Dval?
Glottolog	nakh1246
Nakh

The Nakh languages are a group of languages within the Northeast Caucasian family, spoken chiefly by the Chechens and Ingush in the North Caucasus.

Bats is the endangered language of the Bats people, an ethnic minority in Georgia. The Chechen, Ingush and Bats peoples are also grouped under the ethno-linguistic umbrella of Nakh peoples.