The Chechen sound system, in phonetic transcription. (The sound f, parenthesized below, is not originally a Chechen consonant, but has entered the language in words taken over from Russian.) The transcription is the International Phonetic Alphabet except for c&, s&, etc.
Consonants:
|
|
labial |
dental |
alveolar |
palatal |
velar |
uvular |
pharyngeal |
glottal |
|
voiceless |
p |
t |
c |
c& |
k |
q |
Ö |
/ |
|
ejective |
p' |
t' |
c' |
c&' |
k' |
q' |
|
|
|
voiced |
b |
d |
|
|
g |
|
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|
|
fricative |
(f) |
|
s |
s& |
x |
|
ð |
h |
|
voiced
fric. |
v |
|
z |
z& |
© |
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nasal |
m |
|
n |
|
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l |
r |
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|
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voiceless |
|
|
r¥ |
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|
glide |
|
|
j |
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|
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Vowels and diphthongs (the parenthesized diphthongs are dialect variants):
|
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front |
|
central |
|
back |
|
|
high |
i |
iù |
y |
yù |
u |
uù |
|
mid |
E |
eù |
|
|
o |
où |
|
|
JQ |
iE |
yš |
yšù |
u |
uù |
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|
ú |
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|
à |
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|
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|
low |
Q |
|
a |
aù |
|
oa / |
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|
ei» |
|
Ãi» |
ai» |
(oi») |
ui» |
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|
(Eu») |
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|
Ãu» |