The Chechen sound system, in the Latin transcription used here.

Consonants:

labial dental alveolar palatal velar uvular pharyngeal glottal

voiceless p t c ch k q w '

glottalized p' t' c' ch' k' q'

(ejective)

voiced b d g

fricatives (f) s sh x hw h

voiced fricatives v z zh gh

nasals m n

other resonants l r

rh

glide j

Vowels:

front central back

high i ii y yy u uu

mid e ee o oo

ia ie oe oe o uo

a

low ae aa aa oa

ei ai aai oi

eu ou

Note that in some instances the Latinization used here spells two sounds alike: “o” spells both plain and diphthongized short vowels, “oe” spells both long and short vowels, and “aa” spells both long and shortened vowels. For each of these pairs of sounds the two pronunciations are largely predictable. All three cases are discussed below (The current Cyrillic spelling spells many more sets of different sounds alike, and does so where the difference is not predictable.)