Introduction to the general nature of the written Chechen language in its literary form. Readers wishing further information on modern spoken Chechen may want to consult the monograph on Chechen by Johanna Nichols in "The Indigenous Languages of the Caucasus," Volume 4, pp2-77 (1994).

Introduction --Concise data on phonetics -- Morphology -- Parts of speech -- The noun -- The adjective -- Numerals -- Pronouns -- The verb -- Masdar -- The participle -- The gerund -- The adverb -- The postposition -- The conjugation -- Interjections -- Data on the syntax of the Chechen language -- Tables -- Notes -- Author's bibliography -- Other works consulted -- Additional works on the Chechen language.