Language/Ingush/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

Writing system

Ingush became a written language with an Arabic-based writing system at the beginning of the 20th century. After the October Revolution it first used a Latin alphabet, which was later replaced by Cyrillic.

А а	Аь аь	Б б	В в	Г г	ГӀ гӀ	Д д	Е е
Ё ё	Ж ж	З з	И и	Й й	К к	Кх кх	Къ къ
КӀ кӀ	Л л	М м	Н н	О о	П п	ПӀ пӀ	Р р
С с	Т т	ТӀ тӀ	У у	Ф ф	Х х	Хь хь	ХӀ хӀ
Ц ц	ЦӀ цӀ	Ч ч	ЧӀ чӀ	Ш ш	Щ щ	Ъ ъ	Ы ы
Ь ь	Э э	Ю ю	Я я	Яь яь	Ӏ

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	и [i]		у [u]
Mid	э [e]	? [ə]	о [o]
Low	аь [æ]		а [ɑː, ɑ]

The diphthongs are иэ /ie/, уо /uo/, оа /oɑ/, ий /ij/, эи /ei/, ои /oi/, уи /ui/, ов /ow/, ув /uw/.

Consonants

The consonants of Ingush are as follows, including the Latin orthography developed by Johanna Nichols:

		Labial	Alveolar		Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar		Uvular	Epiglottal	Glottal
			central	lateral			palatalized	plain
Nasal		м m [m]	н n [n]
Plosive	voiceless	п p [p]	т t [t]				к kj [kʲ]	к k [k]	кх q [q]	Ӏ w [ʡ]	ъ ʼ [ʔ]
	voiced	б b [b]	д d [d]				г gj [ɡʲ]	г g [ɡ]
	ejective	пӀ pʼ [pʼ]	тӀ tʼ [tʼ]				кӀ kjʼ [kʲʼ]	кӀ kʼ [kʼ]	къ qʼ [qʼ]
Affricate	voiceless		ц c [t͡s]		ч ch [t͡ʃ]
	ejective		цӀ cʼ [t͡sʼ]		чӀ chʼ [t͡ʃʼ]
Fricative	voiceless	ф f [f]	с s [s]		ш sh [ʃ]			х x[χ]		хь hw [ʜ]	хӀ h [h]
	voiced	в v [v]/[w]	з z [z]		ж zh [ʒ]				гӀ gh [ʁ]
Approximant				л l [l]		й j [j]
Trill	voiceless		рхӀ rh [r̥]
	voiced		р r [r]

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Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingush_language