Aukh dialect

The Aukh dialect  is a dialect of the Chechen language. It is primarily spoken by residents in the northern part of Dagestan, and the estimated number of speakers is about 160 thousand.

According to Professor I. Arsakhanov, "The Aukh dialect, although it occupies an intermediate position between the Chechen and Ingush languages, still gravitates to the Chechen language".

Phonology
In the Aukh dialect, similar to the Chechen language, there is an absence of words with the voiceless fricative consonant which is more common in Ingush. Additionally, both the Aukh dialect and the Chechen literary language exhibit vowel nasalization, particularly at the end of words, unlike Ingush. The vowel system of the Aukh dialect closely resembles that of the Chechen literary language.

Subdialects

 * Aukh proper subdialect
 * North Aukh subdialect
 * South Aukh subdialect