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Alphabet Ukrainian

Cyrillic

Ukrainian uses the Cyrillic alphabet with 33 letters. It has several letters unique to Ukrainian including Ї, Є, І, and Ґ. Ukrainian is closely related to Russian and Belarusian but has distinct characters and pronunciation.

Ukrainian Alphabet

CaractèreNomRomanisationPrononciation
АAalike 'a' in 'father'
БBeblike 'b' in 'ball'
ВVevlike 'v' in 'vine'
ГHehvoiced fricative h
ҐGe (Ukrainian)glike 'g' in 'go'
ДDedlike 'd' in 'day'
ЕEelike 'e' in 'bed'
ЄYe (Ukrainian)yelike 'ye' in 'yes'
ЖZhezhlike 's' in 'measure'
ЗZezlike 'z' in 'zone'
ИYylike 'i' in 'bit' (Ukrainian)
ІI (Ukrainian)ilike 'ee' in 'see'
ЇYi (Ukrainian)yilike 'yi' in 'yield'
ЙShort Ij/ylike 'y' in 'yes'
КKaklike 'k' in 'king'
ЛElllike 'l' in 'love'
МEmmlike 'm' in 'moon'
НEnnlike 'n' in 'no'
ОOolike 'o' in 'go'
ПPeplike 'p' in 'park'
РErrrolled r
СEsslike 's' in 'sun'
ТTetlike 't' in 'top'
УUulike 'oo' in 'moon'
ФEfflike 'f' in 'fun'
ХKhakhlike 'ch' in Scottish 'loch'
ЦTsetslike 'ts' in 'bits'
ЧChechlike 'ch' in 'church'
ШShashlike 'sh' in 'shoe'
ЩShchashchlike 'shch'
ЬSoft Signʹsoftens preceding consonant
ЮYuyulike 'you'
ЯYayalike 'ya' in 'yard'