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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.
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Apr 7, 2023 · This is the latest reviewed version, checked on 7 April 2023. The Russian alphabet consists of 33 letters, each having upper- and lower-case forms. There are 20 consonants, 10 vowels, 1 so-called semivowel (Й/й), and 2 letters (Ъ/ъ and Ь/ь) that are not themselves pronounced but indicate how other letters should be pronounced.
First written: 10th century AD. 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)
Before learning how to read, write or speak Russian, you must first understand the Russian alphabet. This alphabet uses Cyrillic script and consists of 33 letters, some of which are the same as and some of which are different from the Roman alphabet. This straightforward guide will show you each Russian letter and its pronunciation as well as ...
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.