Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Russian Alphabet (Modern)

A        a        a [a]                                          a
Б        б        бэ [bɛ]                                       b
B        в        вэ [vɛ]                                        v
Г        г         гэ [gɛ]                                       g / h
Д       д         дэ [dɛ]                                       d
E        e         e [je]                                          e / ye
Ё        ё         ё [jo]                                          o / yo
Ж       ж        жэ [ʐɛ]                                      zh
З        з          зэ [zɛ]                                        z
И       и          и [i]                                           i
Й       й          и кpaткoe [i 'kra.tkə.ı]               y
К       к          ка [ka]                                       k
Л       л          эль [elʲ]                                      l
M      м          эм [ɛm]                                     m
H       н          эн [ɛn]                                      n
O       o          o [o]                                          o
П       п          пэ [pɛ]                                      p
P        p          эp [ɛr]                                       r
C        c          эc [ɛs]                                       s
T        т          тэ [tɛ]                                        t
У       y           y [u]                                          u
Ф       ф          эф [ɛf]                                       f
X       x           xa [xa]                                      kh
Ц       ц          цэ [t͡sɛ]                                      ts
Ч       ч           чэ [t͡ɕe]                                     ch
Ш      ш          ша [ʃa]                                      sh
Щ      щ          щa [ɕɕa]                                    shch
Ъ       ъ          твёрдый знак ['tvʲo.rdɨj znak]   (stresses preceding consonant)
Ы      ы          ы [ɨ]                                          y
Ь        ь          мягкий знак ['mʲæxʲkʲɪj znak]    (softens preceding vowel)
Э       э           э [ɛ]                                          e
Ю      ю          ю [ju]                                       u / yu
Я       я           я [ja]                                         ya

Did you know that твёрдый знак means "solid mark," and мягкий знак means "soft mark" in Russian? This actually describes the duty of the letters themselves!
The modern Russian alphabet is a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet and contains 33 letters. The variations of the Cyrillic alphabet are the Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Belarusian, and Macedonian alphabets.

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