The
Northeast Caucasian,
East Caucasian,
Dagestanian (Daghestanian), or
Nakho-Dagestanian languages are a
language family spoken in the
Russian republics of
Dagestan,
Chechnya, and
Ingushetia, in northern
Azerbaijan and northeastern
Georgia, as well as in diaspora populations in Russia,
Turkey, and the
Middle East. They are occasionally called
Caspian, as opposed to
Pontic for the
Northwest Caucasian languages.