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Russian Alphabet

Cyrillic alphabet looks different from the Roman one. Each letter has a name and a corresponding sound.

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Printed Letter	Name in the Alphabet	Transliteration of the Sound	Similar English Sound
A а	а	[a]	like a in father
Б б	бэ	[b]	like b in book
В в	вэ	[v]	like v in vet
Г г	гэ	[g]	like g in goose
Д д	дэ	[d]	like d in drama
Е е	е	[ye]	like ye in yet
Ё ё	ё	[yo]	like yo in yoga
Ж ж	жэ	[Ʒ]	like s in treasure
З з	зэ	[z]	like z in zebra
И и	и	[ee]	like ee in week
Й й	ий	[y]	like y in dry
К к	ка	[k]	like k in kitten
Л л	эль	[l]	like l in lamp
М м	эм	[m]	like m in man
Н н	эн	[n]	like n in note
О о	о	[о]	like o in sort
П п	пэ	[p]	like p in pet
Р р	эр	[r]	like r in red
С с	эс	[s]	like s in school
Т т	тэ	[t]	like t in toy
У у	у	[u]	like oo in mood
Ф ф	эф	[f]	like f in fly
Х х	ха	[h]	like h in hat
Ц ц	цэ	[ts]	likets in boots
Ч ч	чэ	[ch]	like ch in chair
Ш ш	ша	[sh]	like sh in shawl
Щ щ	ща	[shsh]	like shsh in English sheet
ъ	твёрдый знак	-	*
ы	ы	[i]	like i in live
ь	мягкий знак	-	**
Э э	э	[e]	like e in set
Ю ю	ю	[yu]	like you in youth
Я я	я	[ya]	like yu in yummy

There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet: 11 vowels, 20 consonants, and 2 letters, which do not make any sounds by themselves. They are called hard sign and soft sign.

*Ъ— твёрдый знак = hard sign – is a separation sign, which keeps the previous consonant hard;

**Ь – мягкий знак = soft sign – is a separation sign, which keeps the previous consonant soft.

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