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 |
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