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Alphabet Russian
Cyrillic Script
The Russian Cyrillic alphabet has 33 letters. It was developed from the Greek alphabet in the 9th century. Many Slavic and post-Soviet languages use Cyrillic.
Letters
| Caractère | Nom | Romanisation | Prononciation |
|---|---|---|---|
| А а | A | a | like 'a' in 'father' |
| Б б | Be | b | like 'b' in 'book' |
| В в | Ve | v | like 'v' in 'van' |
| Г г | Ge | g | like 'g' in 'go' |
| Д д | De | d | like 'd' in 'dog' |
| Е е | Ye | ye | like 'ye' in 'yes' |
| Ё ё | Yo | yo | like 'yo' in 'yore' |
| Ж ж | Zhe | zh | like 's' in 'measure' |
| З з | Ze | z | like 'z' in 'zebra' |
| И и | I | i | like 'ee' in 'meet' |
| Й й | Kratkoe | y | like 'y' in 'boy' |
| К к | Ka | k | like 'k' in 'key' |
| Л л | El | l | like 'l' in 'lamp' |
| М м | Em | m | like 'm' in 'moon' |
| Н н | En | n | like 'n' in 'night' |
| О о | O | o | like 'o' in 'more' |
| П п | Pe | p | like 'p' in 'pen' |
| Р р | Er | r | a rolled 'r' |
| С с | Es | s | like 's' in 'sun' |
| Т т | Te | t | like 't' in 'top' |
| У у | U | u | like 'oo' in 'moon' |
| Ф ф | Ef | f | like 'f' in 'fan' |
| Х х | Kha | kh | like 'ch' in 'loch' |
| Ц ц | Tse | ts | like 'ts' in 'bits' |
| Ч ч | Che | ch | like 'ch' in 'cheese' |
| Ш ш | Sha | sh | like 'sh' in 'shoe' |
| Щ щ | Shcha | shch | like 'sh-ch' together |
| Ъ ъ | Hard Sign | ʺ | makes preceding consonant hard |
| Ы ы | Yeru | y | like 'i' in 'bit' but further back |
| Ь ь | Soft Sign | ʹ | softens preceding consonant |
| Э э | E | e | like 'e' in 'met' |
| Ю ю | Yu | yu | like 'you' |
| Я я | Ya | ya | like 'ya' in 'yard' |