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The modern Russian alphabet consists of 33 letters: twenty consonants ( б , в , г , д , ж , з , к , л , м , н , п , р , с , т , ф , х , ц , ч , ш , щ ), ten vowels ( а , е , ё , и , о , у , ы , э , ю , я ), a semivowel / consonant ( й ), and two modifier letters or "signs" ( ъ , ь ) that alter pronunciation of a ...
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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.
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 ...Russian Alphabet. There are 33 letters in the Russian Alphabet: 10 vowels, 21 consonants, and 2 signs (ь, ъ). Russian is an Eastern Slavonic language closely related to Ukrainian and Belorussian with about 277 million speakers in Russia and 30 other countries.
- The Russian alphabet. Here’s the Russian alphabet in case you just need a quick reference: Letter. Name and Pronunciation. А а. а [ɑ] Б б. бэ [bɛ] В в. вэ [vɛ] Г г. гэ [gɛ]
- Vowels. 10 Russian vowel letters indicate just 6 vowel sounds. Why is this happening? Russian vowel letters are often presented in pairs. Two different letters in each pair have one common vowel sound: one letter indicates a solo vowel, another letter indicates the consonant sound [й] / [“j”] + the same vowel sound.
- Consonants in the Russian alphabet. There’s one important note before we start with Russian consonants. While learning Russian consonants, we should divide consonant letters into groups based on two principles
- Paired/Unpaired Voiced and Voiceless consonants. UNPAIRED VOICED CONSONANTS. PAIRED VOICED CONSONANTS. UNPAIRED VOICELESS CONSONANTS. VOICED. Л. М. Н. Р. Б. В. Г. Д. Ж. З. VOICELESS.
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
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)
The Russian Alphabet; Russian Character English Equivalent Sound Letter Name in Russian; А а: А а: Like "a" in car "ah" Б б: B b: Like "b" in bat "beh" В в: V v: Like "v" in van "veh" Г г: G g: Like "g" in go "geh" Д д: D d: Like "d" in dog "deh" Е е: YE ye: Like "ye" in yet "yeh" Ё ё: YO yo: Like "yo" in yonder "yo" Ж ж: Zh ...
