| Aukh | |
| Ethnicity: | Chechens (Aukhs) |
| Region: | Dagestan, Aukh |
| Speakers: | 160,000 |
| Date: | 2014 |
| Ref: | [1] |
| Familycolor: | Caucasian |
| Fam1: | Northeast Caucasian |
| Fam2: | Nakh |
| Fam3: | Chechen |
| Map: | Этнографическая карта Дагестанской АССР.svg |
| Mapcaption: | Ethnographic map of the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, with |
| Nativename: | Chechen: Ӏовхойн диалект Chechen: Аьккхийн |
| Isoexception: | dialect |
| States: | Russia |
| Glotto: | none |
| Also Known As: | Akkin |
| Dia1: | Aukh peoper |
| Dia2: | North Aukh |
| Dia3: | South Aukh |
The Aukh dialect[2] [3] is a dialect of the Chechen language.[4] It is primarily spoken by residents in the northern part of Dagestan,[5] 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".
In the Aukh dialect, similar to the Chechen language, there is an absence of words with the voiceless fricative consonant pronounced as /link/ 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.[6]
| Teip (clan) | Subdialect | Ancestral village | ||
| Akkoy | Ӏаккой | South Aukh | Shircha-Aukh | |
| Barchkhoy | Барчхой | North Aukh | Barchkhoy-Otar | |
| Biytaroy | Бийтарой | South Aukh | Shircha-Aukh | |
| Biltoy | Билтой | North Aukh, Aukh proper | Built-Aukh | |
| Bonoy | Боной | North Aukh | Booni-Yurt | |
| Wappiy | Ваьппий | South Aukh | Shircha-Aukh | |
| Guloy | ГӀулой | North Aukh | ||
| Jey (Jevoy) | Жей (Жевой) | South Aukh | Pkharchkhoshka | |
| Zandakoy | Зандакъой | North Aukh, Aukh proper | Mini-Atagi | |
| Zogoy | ЗогӀой | North Aukh | Boni-Aukh | |
| Kovstoy | Къавстой (Къовстой) | North Aukh | Keshen-Aukh | |
| Kevoy | Кевой | North Aukh | ||
| Kurchaloy | Курчалой | North Aukh | ||
| Kkharkhoy | Кхархой | North Aukh, South Aukh | ||
| Merjoy | Мержой | North Aukh | Pkharchkhoshka | |
| Nokkhoy | Ноккхой | North Aukh, South Aukh | ||
| Ovrshoy | Овршой | North Aukh | ||
| Peshkhoy | Пешхой | North Aukh | ||
| Pkharchkhoy | Пхьарчхой | South Aukh[7] | Pkharchkhoshka | |
| Saloy | Салой | North Aukh | ||
| Contaroy | ЦӀонтарой | North Aukh, Aukh proper | ||
| Cechoy | ЦӀечой | North Aukh | ||
| Chantiy | ЧӀаьнтий | North Aukh | ||
| Chontoy | Чонтой | South Aukh | ||
| Chungaroy | Чунгарой | North Aukh | ||
| Chkharoy | Чхьарой | North Aukh | ||
| Shinroy | Шинрой | North Aukh[8] | ||