The cyrillic alphabet
The cyrillic alphabet Russian belongs to the Eastern-Slavonic group of languages included into the Indo-European linguistic family. Today’s written script exists since 1918, but goes back to the original Cyrillic alphabet. It contains 33 letters, 21 of which transmit consonant sounds, 6 – vowel sounds, and 4 – combinations of [j] and a vowel sound. The Cyrillic alphabet was created in the 9th century based on the Greek written language by adding several letters.
| А а [ а ]
Б б [ b ] В в [ v ] Г г [ g ] Д д [ d ] Е е [ je ] Ё ё [ jo ] Ж ж [ zh ] З з [ z ] И и [ i ] Й й [ j ] (yoga) К к [ k ] Л л [ l ] М м [ m ] Н н [ n ] О о [ o ] П п [ p ] |
Р р [ r ]
С с [ s ] Т т [ t ] У у [ u ] Ф ф [ f ] Х х [ h ] Ц ц [ ts] Ч ч [ ch ] (chao) Ш ш [ sh ] Щ щ [ shch] ъ hard sign ы sound like open[ i ] ь soft sign Э э [ e ] Ю ю [ ju ] Я я [ ja ] |
