CHECHEN LANGUAGE, PEOPLE, & CULTURE

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  • Опубликовано: 5 дек 2024
  • Welcome to my channel! This is Andy from I love languages. Let's learn different languages/dialects together.
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    Marşalla du ẋöga! San ċe Andi yu. Muħa vu ẋo?
    Hello! My name is Andy. How are you?
    Let's talk about the Chechen language.
    The Chechen language, spoken by the Chechens, is one of the official languages of the Chechen Republic and Dagestan. It belongs to the Vainakh group of the Nakh branch in the Nakh-Dagestanian language family and is primarily located in the North Caucasus. The Chechen language currently uses the Cyrillic script, though it was previously written in Arabic and later Latin scripts. Influences from Russian and Turkic languages are evident in borrowed words. With approximately 1.5 million speakers, the language has a strong oral tradition, including folklore (дийцарш) and storytelling (туьйранаш). The Nart epic, widely known among the Vainakhs, features figures like the na’rt-a’rstkhoy-formidable giants with a destructive hunger for human flesh. According to legend, the supreme god of all living things, Дела (Dela), holds a central role in these tales.
    Chechens are the indigenous people of the North Caucasus, primarily residing in the Chechen Republic and Ingushetia, with populations also found in western Dagestan and Stavropol. They practice Sunni and Sufi Islam, officially adopted between the 17th and 18th centuries, with Bers-Sheikh as the first preacher in the 16th century. Prior to Islam, Chechens practiced paganism, worshiping the sun and fire, and believed in spirits, the evil eye, and protective amulets. Amulets, often with wolf fangs, were particularly revered. Known for their tower-building culture, Chechens constructed defensive towers during the Mongol and Turkish invasions of the 12th and 13th centuries to safeguard their villages. Today, Chechens lead a calm, traditional life, embracing hospitality as a core value. Guests are warmly welcomed, fed, and clothed; however, after three days, they are expected to help around the household.
    Chechen culture is deeply rooted in unwritten customary laws, or adats, with strong values around respect and social codes, particularly for elders and the infirm. The code of man, Q’onakhalla, emphasizes honor. Art and folklore play significant roles, showcasing a legacy from pre-Islamic times. The Nart epic introduces Sela, the god of fire, and P’harmat, who stole fire from him, only to be punished and chained to a mountain, where the eagle Ida eternally pecks at his liver. Another iconic character, Eshap, an old woman of unnatural appearance who guards the entrance to the world of the dead, has become embedded in Chechen expressions and proverbs.
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Комментарии • 160

  • @ia2715
    @ia2715 Месяц назад +21

    Italian here, that’s the first time earing Chechen, it sounds beautiful and very musical to me. Respect and love to all caucasian people. салам маршал ду шуьга нохчий, из Италии.

    • @445-nz9jh
      @445-nz9jh 25 дней назад

      Wow, grazie 😂😂

  • @justakathings
    @justakathings Месяц назад +52

    Chechen is quite unique among (Northeast) Caucasian languages as it has a lot of vowels

  • @thehapagirl92
    @thehapagirl92 Месяц назад +33

    My maternal grandpa was Chechen. He spoke Russian though. Thanks for doing this. I never hear anyone talk about this. I’m Japanese, German, Chinese and Russian (Chechen) and I love learning about each one. I wish I had learned more about his Chechen culture when he was alive

    • @RaynnerBaskil
      @RaynnerBaskil Месяц назад +7

      Wow! What a mixed 😮

    • @thehapagirl92
      @thehapagirl92 Месяц назад +2

      @@RaynnerBaskilI know! I’m so proud to be mixed

    • @RenataChechenova
      @RenataChechenova Месяц назад

      ​@@RaynnerBaskilShe's lying Chechens don't marry non-Chechen girls

    • @mgm661
      @mgm661 Месяц назад

      ​@@thehapagirl92 how many languages do u speak ?

    • @GreaterAfghanistanMovement
      @GreaterAfghanistanMovement Месяц назад

      Chechens don't really consider themselves Russian

  • @islammick
    @islammick Месяц назад +6

    Barkalla!!! IloveLanguages!

  • @Kirill7775
    @Kirill7775 Месяц назад +18

    Hey, Andy! Please do Andi language (from Dagestan)

    • @Bellarej350
      @Bellarej350 Месяц назад +13

      What a coincidence haha you asked andy to make a video about a language called "Andi" 😅

  • @japaneseapoist286
    @japaneseapoist286 Месяц назад +8

    The language of the greater warriors. I hope they have their own country.

  • @Sylotizeecontact
    @Sylotizeecontact Месяц назад +12

    Genetic tests on Chechens have shown roots mostly in the Caucasus and Europe. Studies on North Caucasian mtDNA indicated a closer relationship of the Caucasus with Europe (Nasidze et al. 2001), while the Y chromosome indicated a closer relationship with West Asia (Nasidze et al. 2003).
    A 2004 study of the mtDNA showed Chechens to be diverse in the mitochondrial genome, with 18 different haplogroups out of only 23 samples. This correlates with all other North Caucasian peoples such as the Ingush, Avars, and Circassians where the mitochondrial DNA is very diverse.[92][93]
    The most recent study on Chechens, by Balanovsky et al. in 2011,[94] sampled a total of 330 Chechens from three sample locations (one in Malgobek, one in Achkhoy-Martan, and one from two sites in Dagestan) and found the following frequencies: A weak majority of Chechens belong to Haplogroup J2 (56.7%[94]), which is associated with Mediterranean, Caucasian and Fertile Crescent populations. Other notable values were found among North Caucasian Turkic peoples (Kumyks (25%)[95] and Balkars (24%)[96]). It is notable that J2 suddenly collapses as one enters the territory of non-Nakh Northeast Caucasian peoples, dropping to very low values among Dagestani peoples.[92][94][97][98] The overwhelming bulk of Chechen J2 is of the subclade J2a4b* (J2-M67), of which the highest frequencies by far are found among Nakh peoples: Chechens were 55.2% according to the Balanovsky study, while Ingush were 87.4%. Other notable haplogroups that consistently appeared at high frequencies included J1 (20.9%), L (7.0%), G2 (5.5%), R1a (3.9%), Q-M242 (3%) and R1b-M269 (1.8%, but much higher in Chechnya itself as opposed to Dagestani or Ingushetian Chechens). Overall, tests have shown consistently that Chechens are most closely related to Ingush, Circassians and other North Caucasians, occasionally showing a kinship to other peoples in some tests. Balanovsky's study showed the Ingush to be the Chechens' closest relatives by far.[94

    • @Tm_dkk
      @Tm_dkk Месяц назад

      По факту

    • @Dex-trDeffended-kq3nl
      @Dex-trDeffended-kq3nl Месяц назад

      Yes, you're right, but 87% j2 the Ingush are considered an unreliable source, it turned out that the Ingush conducted a DNA test on only 400 Ingush people, while in Chechnya the entire population did the DNA test, and moreover, in addition to j2, Chechens have j1 and both dna are Semitic, which lets us know that the Nakhi are Semites

    • @KastarThroy
      @KastarThroy 23 дня назад

      these studies are outdated now.

  • @Davlavi
    @Davlavi 11 дней назад +1

    Great deep dive.

  • @Luxemburg11
    @Luxemburg11 Месяц назад +3

    I am a Batzbian from Zemo-Alvani, the dialect of the lowland Chechens is very interesting, although I do not understand everything, but sometimes I can understand the Kistins and Zumsoi, Hildexaroi too but not much

    • @Locust2221eesdr
      @Locust2221eesdr 20 дней назад

      There is almost no difference between Kistin, Zumsoy and HIldekharoy with the lowland Chechen dialect...they have differences sure but everyone who speak those dialects can understand each other with no problem.

  • @wkmtsteven3857
    @wkmtsteven3857 Месяц назад +5

    The warrior tomb looks cool asf

  • @PaoloCavestro-ey9bb
    @PaoloCavestro-ey9bb 22 дня назад +1

    Glory and honor to Checheniya and Chechens, eternally!!!

  • @RcsN505
    @RcsN505 Месяц назад +13

    Lovely!! Please do a Chechen & Ingush comparison!

    • @Tm_dkk
      @Tm_dkk Месяц назад +3

      There is already such a video, look for it in playlists.

  • @mysteriousDSF
    @mysteriousDSF Месяц назад +5

    Looking for a comment that connects Chechens to the Khoi-San as part of the proto-Uralo-ndezgé-ndagan macro language family

  • @Kurdivan
    @Kurdivan Месяц назад +8

    As a Kurdish I’m really love this culture

  • @Evil_Soulja
    @Evil_Soulja Месяц назад +3

    Andy : Video on tchetchen language
    Also andy : The declaration of human rights 😊

    • @Tm_dkk
      @Tm_dkk Месяц назад +3

      What's the joke?

    • @stariyczedun
      @stariyczedun Месяц назад +5

      @@Tm_dkk Kafirov

  • @zr8083
    @zr8083 Месяц назад +4

    Can you do a video of the beni snassen language from the northeast of morocco? it is called taznast and is endangered

  • @izzahdion9499
    @izzahdion9499 29 дней назад +4

    I feel the langauge is like gog magog languages

  • @RcsN505
    @RcsN505 Месяц назад +11

    All languages of the Caucasus should use the Georgian script! It has unique symbols for all the ejectives

    • @Tm_dkk
      @Tm_dkk Месяц назад +12

      We need to create a universal spelling; Georgian is not suitable for everyone either.

    • @NorthCaucasusPatriot
      @NorthCaucasusPatriot Месяц назад +6

      North Caucasian languages are best expressed in Latin script.

    • @datoda3593
      @datoda3593 29 дней назад +5

      ​@@NorthCaucasusPatriotHaving a Caucasian based script would be a great way for Chechens and other Caucasians to differentiate themselves from Russians while also resisting western influence. But this is more of a personal wish of mine than something that may actually happen in near future

    • @NorthCaucasusPatriot
      @NorthCaucasusPatriot 29 дней назад +5

      @@datoda3593 I'm North Caucasian. And you are Georgian? Your wish means nothing.

    • @NorthCaucasusPatriot
      @NorthCaucasusPatriot 4 дня назад +1

      @@viktorsavich956 Это флаг Северного Кавказа, изучите вопрос, прежде чем комментировать.

  • @VijayachandramouliChandramouli
    @VijayachandramouliChandramouli Месяц назад +5

    Can you make a another video for PIE

  • @nockeynoo
    @nockeynoo Месяц назад +5

    recommendation songs for anyone listening to Chechen songs for first time
    1. Хьоменаг дийцахьа хӏу хилла те хьа by (90's unknown artist)
    2. Милана by Безаман Серло
    3. Муха ас лаха хьо by (90's unknown artist)
    4. Кура везар by Тамара Дадашева

    • @stariyczedun
      @stariyczedun Месяц назад +2

      Тимур Муцураев - Даймохк

  • @Tm_dkk
    @Tm_dkk Месяц назад +3

    Ingush will be here soon, dear brothers and sisters.

    • @Um-ArR
      @Um-ArR Месяц назад

      What do u mean? Like u get this channel to make a video about Ingush language?

    • @Tm_dkk
      @Tm_dkk Месяц назад +1

      ​@@Um-ArR I say that soon a video about the Ingush and Batsbi languages will come out, and then the Dagestani languages. Right up to the most ancient ancestors (even the Abkhaz-Adyghe family).

    • @DeVolksrepubliek
      @DeVolksrepubliek Месяц назад

      @@Tm_dkkSo, will you do Proto-Northeast Caucasian?

    • @Tm_dkk
      @Tm_dkk Месяц назад

      ​@@DeVolksrepubliek Yes

    • @DeVolksrepubliek
      @DeVolksrepubliek Месяц назад

      @ Thank you brother

  • @445-nz9jh
    @445-nz9jh 25 дней назад

    I'm amazed. Of course, you pronounced the letter “CH” incorrectly in the Chechen language; this letter has 4 types of pronunciation, just like in Arabic. But overall I'm happy 👍👍👍😊

  • @James-hs3tu
    @James-hs3tu Месяц назад +1

    Interesting

  • @KingsleyAmuzu
    @KingsleyAmuzu 4 дня назад

    Is Chechen similar to Georgian as Caucasian languages?

  • @ikikigeming
    @ikikigeming Месяц назад +2

  • @HemidMemmedov-g2x
    @HemidMemmedov-g2x Месяц назад +3

    👍

  • @deyvon8462
    @deyvon8462 Месяц назад +3

    3:12 ялхӀ дац, ялх ду.

    • @Tm_dkk
      @Tm_dkk Месяц назад +1

      ГӀалгӀайн маттахь ду "ялх", нохчийн маттахь ялхӀ ду.

    • @m.n.477
      @m.n.477 Месяц назад

      @@Tm_dkk бид ма бийца .. йалх ду и нохчийн маттахь. "ялх1" 1арблойн акцент йу

    • @tlqwnəxw
      @tlqwnəxw 29 дней назад +2

      ​@@m.n.477 бид ахь буьцу. Ӏарбойн акцент бохуг хӏу ду? Нохчийн маттахь шортта диалекташ йу. Цхьам йалх олу, кхечара йалхӏ олу. Ӏарбой кху йукъ хӏунда бетта ахь? Ӏарбойн акцент хила, нохчийн мотт хууш шорта Ӏарбойн хила беза, шайн акцент долуш.

    • @m.n.477
      @m.n.477 29 дней назад

      @@tlqwnəxw 🧐 оца видеочохь векаш вериг 1арбло акцентиц лоьш ву, йан нохчи мотт дика хууш вац. "сан ц1е Анди йу" эра дац цкъа а, цхьаммо а "сан ц1е 1аьнди йу" эра ду. "со Грознера ву" эра дац ларт1аьхьволчу, "со г1алар ву" эра ду. нохчий дукха бу 1арблойн махкшкахь. цхьалегора цхьа нохчи диалект таханлерачу дийнехь ц1ена йисин йац

    • @tlqwnəxw
      @tlqwnəxw 29 дней назад

      @@m.n.477 бух боцуш къамел до ахь. Цхьаа диалект йисан йац аьл мичар даьлла хьуна? Цхьаа ӏарбойн акцент яц иза. Цо ишта аларна, ца хууш аьл хира ду

  • @SKITNICA95
    @SKITNICA95 26 дней назад

    They have mute A at the end.

  • @joseg.solano1891
    @joseg.solano1891 Месяц назад

    Chechen vs Udi, please

  • @ysaviationtrains2313
    @ysaviationtrains2313 Месяц назад +2

    Boxing!

  • @Ghhhhvdd
    @Ghhhhvdd 16 часов назад

    6:00

  • @presidentpapillon2625
    @presidentpapillon2625 28 дней назад

    this is the favorite language of yeltsin and putin

  • @DemyanSchwab
    @DemyanSchwab 13 дней назад

    Sounds like danish in a way

  • @joseg.solano1891
    @joseg.solano1891 28 дней назад

    Digor, please

  • @vezziGD
    @vezziGD Месяц назад +2

    first HA!

  • @EyesenDingus
    @EyesenDingus 29 дней назад

    That exists?

  • @FirstnameLastname-qe3ry
    @FirstnameLastname-qe3ry Месяц назад

    Language

  • @krk5770
    @krk5770 22 дня назад

    Allright: what's going on with these silent ,,A"s?

  • @LiorSultanov
    @LiorSultanov 21 день назад

    Sounds like someone is coughing

    • @robertberger4203
      @robertberger4203 20 дней назад +1

      This is because of all the ejective , or glottalized consonants, which are found in all the indigenous languages of the Causasus .

  • @MrAllmightyCornholioz
    @MrAllmightyCornholioz Месяц назад +1

    ALLAH BLESS CHECHNYA

  • @AaAa-q2w9e
    @AaAa-q2w9e 14 дней назад

    چچنی ها برادران ما ایرانی ها هستند زنده باد داغستان خاک ایران

  • @ckskuo7182
    @ckskuo7182 Месяц назад +2

    Quisiera una novia de Chechenia xd
    Otro dato es que el idioma Checheno tiene una de las pronunciaciones mas dificiles del mundo, dependiendo el dialecto puede tener entre 40 y 44 vocales

  • @EvGen1603
    @EvGen1603 Месяц назад +6

    Who is from Russia? 🇷🇺

    • @tlqwnəxw
      @tlqwnəxw Месяц назад +10

      Ruck fussia

    • @antirusnya
      @antirusnya Месяц назад +1

      Chechnya is not russia!
      We are not russian, and we are not russia. Chechnya is occupied by russia. russians and russia have deported and bombed Chechens. Do not associate us with russia! Russians and Russia did the same thing in Chechnya that they are now doing in Ukraine.

    • @GANGESGARGLER
      @GANGESGARGLER 27 дней назад

      ​@@tlqwnəxwNah Russia Ruck and Rucked your people Over Centuries

    • @KARMANBIRUMAL
      @KARMANBIRUMAL 11 дней назад +2

      🇷🇺♥️🙏🏿

    • @EvGen1603
      @EvGen1603 11 дней назад

      @@KARMANBIRUMAL thank you

  • @patrikstar8466
    @patrikstar8466 Месяц назад +3

    It sounds like SOMALI and Afro-Asiatic.

    • @KastarThroy
      @KastarThroy Месяц назад +2

      Like a mix of African, especially Tigrinya, and Native American, like Wakashan, I would say.

    • @RenataChechenova
      @RenataChechenova Месяц назад +2

      Because this robot voices everything and it doesn't pronounce many sounds at all. It's full of mistakes

    • @KastarThroy
      @KastarThroy Месяц назад

      ​@@RenataChechenova there is a slight mistake with the stress on syllables, like in the word "tamuri" - he says tamUri, when it should be tAmuri. Apart from that, everything seems to be fine.

    • @RenataChechenova
      @RenataChechenova Месяц назад

      @@KastarThroy How do you know? You're a not a Chechen Lmao

    • @zubsero124
      @zubsero124 Месяц назад

      @@RenataChechenova iirc sometimes you can drop the last vowel of a word in Chechen speech, like “дада” could be pronounced “дад”. Correct me if I’m wrong tho.

  • @bangaq
    @bangaq Месяц назад +8

    Sounds like Arabic

    • @TheManager963x
      @TheManager963x Месяц назад +20

      Not at all

    • @thehapagirl92
      @thehapagirl92 Месяц назад +5

      Yeah it does. My grandpa was Chechen and when he came to the US he made friends with a ton of Middle Eastern people. Growing up I was friends with their grandkids. They spoke Chechen, Russian and Arabic and I’d listen to them and think how it all sounded the same. Theb again, I only speak English…

    • @thehapagirl92
      @thehapagirl92 Месяц назад +4

      @@TheManager963xIt sounds a lot like Arabic.

    • @KastarThroy
      @KastarThroy Месяц назад +5

      ​@@thehapagirl92 It doesn’t, at all. Whenever I hear this language, I could even confuse it with Chinese, I have a lot of Chechen friends. Even some Chechens joke about how, when they hear Chinese, it sometimes sounds Chechen to them. But you defo can’t confuse it with Arabic IRL. You should listen to those who live in Chechnya, especially in the highlands region, where it sounds much more harsh and even distinct from lowland Chechen (which is presented in this video, so called "Standard language"). It seems like either your grandpa was from a Middle Eastern diaspora, or you’re one of those "Chinese, Japanese, all the same" type of people.

    • @Sebastian-vg9nt
      @Sebastian-vg9nt Месяц назад +5

      Only if you don't know Arabic.

  • @vittorionapuletano1073
    @vittorionapuletano1073 Месяц назад +4

    Autochthonous People of the Caucasus...They have lived in this territory "since the creation of the world"

    • @KastarThroy
      @KastarThroy Месяц назад

      Recent DNA data suggests that Chechens might be migrants from the Italian peninsula, while Dagestanis most likely migrated from what is now Azerbaijan and Adyghe people from north-east Turkey.

    • @KastarThroy
      @KastarThroy Месяц назад

      they were all pushed into the Caucasus by Indo-Europeans, Turks and Semites.

    • @alejo7625
      @alejo7625 Месяц назад +5

      ​@@KastarThroyThe Chechen language is a Caucasian language, it is impossible for them to have migrated from Italy

    • @KastarThroy
      @KastarThroy Месяц назад

      ​@@alejo7625 it's not, even if you're not into history you should know that people have always migrated and Europe was inhabited by different people before the Indo-European invasion: Etruscans, Tyrrhenians etc. And here you have J2 from Italy, related to Chechen people.
      It is the same like saying Native Americans could not have migrated from Siberia or Celts from continental Europe.

    • @tlqwnəxw
      @tlqwnəxw Месяц назад

      ​@@KastarThroyyou are troll. Ibngurmom

  • @Ghhhhvdd
    @Ghhhhvdd 16 часов назад

    6:05