Also in Kyrghyzstan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Jordan, Syria, USA, and scattered speakers in Uzbekistan and Germany. The largest North Caucasian language. It has literary status. Used in schools, radio, newspapers, other publishing. Melkhi is the transitional dialect to Ingush.
Most speakers are quite fluent in Russian.
Latin alphabet is used. There are many Russians, Ingush, Ossetins, and other peoples living among them. All rights reserved.