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The Russian alphabet (ру́сский алфави́т, russkiy alfavit, or ру́сская а́збука, russkaya azbuka, more traditionally) is the script used to write the Russian language. It comes from the Cyrillic script, which was devised in the 9th century for the first Slavic literary language, Old Slavonic.
Modern Russian has 32 letters (33, with inclusion of the soft sign—which is not, strictly speaking, a letter), Bulgarian 30, Serbian 30, and Ukrainian 32 (33). Modern Russian Cyrillic has also been adapted to many non-Slavic languages, sometimes with the addition of special letters.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Cyrillic script has also been used for languages of Alaska, Slavic Europe (except for Western Slavic and some Southern Slavic), the Caucasus, the languages of Idel-Ural, Siberia, and the Russian Far East. The first alphabet derived from Cyrillic was Abur, used for the Komi language.
The Russian alphabet, known as the Cyrillic script, may appear unfamiliar at first glance, but with a little practice and guidance, you can quickly grasp its characters and their corresponding sounds. This guide will help you navigate the Russian alphabet and get started on your journey to reading and writing in Russian.
The Russian alphabet consists of 33 letters: 10 vowels (а, е, ё, и, о, у, ы, э, ю, я), 21 consonants and 2 signs (hard and soft) that are not pronounced. The Russian alphabet uses the Cyrillic script. Some letters of the Russian alphabet look like and sound similar to the letters of the Latin alphabet. But there are also significant differences.
Letter + HandwritingName Of The LetterTranscription + PronunciationPronunciation Samples ( Red = Stressed)А аa[a] (open and clear if stressed) [a] / ...к а к [á] = how к а к о й [a] = which, ...Б ббэ [be][b] (voiced) [b j ] (voiced soft) [p] ...б ыть [b] = be б ить [b j ] = beat клу б ...В ввэ [ve][v] (voiced) [v j ] (voiced soft) [f] ...в ы [v] = you ви за [v j ] = visa в се ...Г ггэ [ge][g] (voiced) [g j ] (voiced soft) [k] ...г од [g] = year г имн [g j ] = hymn сло г ...External history. Kievan Rus' period (9th–12th century) The common ancestor of the modern East Slavic languages, Old East Slavic, was used throughout Kievan Rus' as a spoken language. The earliest written record of the language, an amphora found at Gnezdovo, may date from the mid-10th century. [4] .
Writing system: Cyrillic alphabet. Status: official language in Russian, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan and many other countries and territories. An introduction to Russian. Written Russian. Russian alphabet (русский алфавит) Russian phonology (Русская фонетика) Cursive Russian alphabet (Русское рукописное письмо)
