Chechen

[ chuh-chen ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural Che·chens, (especially collectively) Che·chen

a member of a Sunni Muslim people living in the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Republic and adjacent areas, closely related to the Ingush.
the Caucasian language spoken by the Chechen.

Chechen

/ ˈtʃɛtʃɛn /

a member of a people of Russia, speaking a Circassian language and chiefly inhabiting the Chechen Republic

A year ago at a public meeting Kadyrov accused the NGO and its JMG lawyers of being “enemies of the Chechen people.”

But Chechen leader Kadyrov does not think that Committee Against Torture was needed in Chechnya.

Outside, again, tensions have not been this high in the Chechen capital for years.

On it a young beardless man speaks Chechen and Arabic with a soft accent.

In 2012 Chechen authorities reported turnout at 99.55 percent.

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