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From: mcv@inter.NL.net (Miguel Carrasquer)
Subject: Re: need info on Chechen language
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Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 00:14:12 GMT
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In article <39lu3r$3c9@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>,
 <mulheren@gobblr.enet.dec.com> wrote:
>
>A question from a novice at the sci.lang game:
>
>I'm trying to find some information on the Chechen language. In particular, 
>what script does it use and are there any sources of additional information
>on this language? If Chechen too obscure, how about Caucasian languages in 
>general? I looked in the Cambridge Encyclopedia and found a short blurb
>on Caucasian languages but it doesn't even indicate the script.
>
>I only have access to a run-of-the-mill small city library so obscure or
>specialized references would be less useful. Anything on the internet?
>

For a useful book on scripts in general: Kenneth Katzner
"The Languages of the World"  (Routledge & Kegan Paul),
London, 1975 (ISBN 0 7100 8717 9).  And yes, Chechen is
in it (Cyrillic with additional sign "I", used as glottalization
marker).  They might have switched back to Latin script now,
of course: the situation in the Caucasus is rather unstable
at the moment.

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