The Chechen sound system, in the current Cyrillic orthography.

 

 

Consonants:

 

                        labial     dental    alveolar  palatal   velar      uvular    pharyngeal glottal

 

voiceless            п          т          ц          ч          к          кх        1          ъ, *

 

glottalized          пI         тI         цI         чI         кI         къ       

(ejective)

voiced                  б          д                                  г

 

fricatives            (ф)                  с          ш                х               хь        хI

 

voiced fricatives   в                      з          ж                     кI

 

nasals                  м                      н

 

other resonants                л          р

 

                                    рхI

 

glide                                          й,  **

 

 

 

Vowels:

                                    front                                             central                                         back     

 

                        и          ий                    уь        уьй                  у          у

 

                        е, э       е, э                                                       о          о

 

                        е, э       е, э                   оь        оь                    о          о

 

                                                            а

 

                        аь                                а          а                                  а

 

 

 

                        эй, ей                           ай        ай                                ой                   

 

                        эв, ев                                                                           ов

 

 

 

 

     *    Often not written, e.g.  хаам  (our xa'am)  'information, communication'.

            **  Also written with the 'soft' vowel letters е, ю, я.