Veappii () is a Chechen clan (''

teip A ''teip'' (also ''taip'', ''tayp'', ''teyp''; Chechen language, Chechen and Ingush language, Ingush: тайпа, romanized: ''taypa'' , ''family'', ''kin'', ''clan'', ''tribe''Нохчийн-Оьрсийн словарь (Chechen-Russian Dict ...

'') of the Aukhs, which inhabits

Aukh Aukh (Chechen language, Chechen: Ӏовх, Ӏавх, 'Ovkh, Ӏовхойн мохк; Russian language, Russian: Ау́х) is a historical region in the current republic of Dagestan, populated by Chechens. Aukh encompasses parts of the Novolaksky ...

, a region in modern-day

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; ; ), officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. It is located north of the Greater Caucasus, and is a part of the North Caucasian Fede ...

. The cultural center of the Veappii was Erzi, located in Ingushetia. During the 17th and 18th centuries, they migrated from Ingushetia to Aukh. According to their ', they originated from the mountainous ''aul'' of Tyarsh. The Veappii were renowned for their skills as blacksmiths and craftsmen. Veappii speak the Pkharchoi dialect of the

Aukh dialect The Aukh dialect (, ) is a dialect of the Chechen language, It is primarily spoken by residents in the northern part of Dagestan, and the estimated number of speakers is about 160 thousand. It is the native dialect of the Aukhs society. Linguist ...

of the

Chechen language Chechen ( , ; , , ) is a Northeast Caucasian languages, Northeast Caucasian language spoken by approximately 1.8 million people, mostly in the Chechnya, Chechen Republic and by Chechens, members of the Chechen diaspora throughout Russia and the ...

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