DISTRIBUTION OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY VOWELS IN THE CHECHEN LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article deals with the distribution of vowel phonemes (primary a, â, ā, i, ī, ie, iē, u, ū, uo, uō and secondary ä, e, ē, ü, ǖ, ö (uö), (uöö), o, ō, oa) in the chechen language. The phonetic distribution also determines which phonetic processes are natural for a given language. In this sense, the system and the resulting phonetic changes of vowels in the Chechen language depend primarily on the structure of derived words and generative stems. The nature and result of these changes are directly related to the structure of derived words and generating stems, as well as to the type of syllable (open or closed) in which one or another vowel of the first syllable is located. In a number of dialects of the Chechen language and in the Ingush language there are long phonemes, a semi-long phoneme and a brief phoneme a. For the character and result of regressive-remote assimilation, it is important what position in the structure of the word can occupy the vowel V1: the position of an open syllable or closed one.