Wikijunior:Languages/Chechen

Who speaks it

Chechen is spoken by people in Chechnya.

Alphabet

A Chechen man

Upper case	Lower Case	Name	English
А	а	ah	a (as in father)
Аь	аь	eah	ä (as in cat or in yeah)
Б	б	beh	b
В	в	veh	v
Г	г	geh	g
ГI	гI	gheh	gh (Arabic: غ)
Д	д	deh	d
Е	е	yeh	ye
Ё	ё	yoh	yo
Ж	ж	zheh	zh
З	з	zeh	z
И	и	ee	i
Й	й	dohts ee	y
К	к	kah	k
Кх	кх	qah	q (Arabic: ق)
Къ	къ	q'ah	q' (ejective)
КI	кI	k'eh	k' (ejective)
Л	л	ehl	l
М	м	ehm	m
Н	н	ehn	n
О	о	oh	o
Оь	оь	urh	ö (German: ö)
П	п	peh	p
ПI	пI	p'eh	p' (ejective)
Р	р	er	r
С	с	es	s
Т	т	teh	t
ТI	тI	t'ah	t' (ejective
У	у	oo	u
Уь	уь	ew	ü (German: ü)
Ф	ф	ef	f
Х	х	kha	kh (Arabic: خ)
Хь	хь	h'a	h' (Arabic: ح)
ХI	хI	ha	h
Ц	ц	tse	ts
ЦI	цI	ts'e	ts' (ejective)
Ч	ч	cheh	ch
ЧI	чI	ch'eh	ch' (ejective)
Ш	ш	sha	sh
Щ	щ	shcha	sh'
Ъ	ъ	cho h'aark	hard sign (чIогIа хьаьрк)
Ь	ь	k'ed h'aark	soft sign (кIеда хьаьрк)
Э	э	eh	e
Ю	ю	you	yu
Юь	юь	yuu	yü (German: jü)
Я	я	yah	ya
Яь	яь	yeh	yä
I	I	aah (palochka)	w, ' (Arabic: ء or ع)

Basic words

Barkal - How are you?

Ha - Yes

Hah ha - No

So - I, me

Ho- you

Iza - He/she, him/her

Salam - Hello

Wo - I am (if you are a boy)

Yoo - I am (if you are a girl)

A - And

How to make sentences

In English, actions like to run and to have are called verbs. The person who does the verb goes first and who they do the verb to goes right after in Chechen. So "I have eggs" would be "I eggs have" in Chechen.

So kant wo. I boy am. So ya yoo. I girl am.