Wikijunior:Languages/Chechen
Who speaks itEdit
Chechen is spoken by people in Chechnya.
AlphabetEdit
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 wordsEdit
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 sentencesEdit
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.