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The Russian alphabet ( ру́сский алфави́т, russkiy alfavit, [a] or ру́сская а́збука, russkaya azbuka, [b] 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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Cyrillic alphabet, writing system developed in the 9th–10th century for Slavic-speaking peoples of the Eastern Orthodox faith. It is currently used exclusively or as one of several alphabets for more than 50 languages, notably Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, and Tajik.
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Learn the Russian alphabet with 33 letters, 10 vowels, 21 consonants and 2 signs. The Russian alphabet uses the Cyrillic script and has some letters that look like and sound similar to 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 ...The pre-reform letterforms, called 'Полуустав', were notably retained in Church Slavonic and are sometimes used in Russian even today, especially if one wants to give a text a 'Slavic' or 'archaic' feel. The alphabet used for the modern Church Slavonic language in Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic rites still resembles early ...
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Learn about the Russian language, its history, writing system and phonology. The Russian alphabet is also known as the Cyrillic alphabet, after its inventor Saint Cyril.
10 vowels (а, э, ы, у, о, я, е, ё, ю and и) 1 semi-vowel (й) 2 letters that don’t make a sound, but modify the letter in front of them (ъ and ь). Here are all 33 of the Russian letters with their names (how you would say them if you’re just talking about the letters themselves) and an example of how each would sound using ...
Russian Alphabet. The Russian alphabet (also called the Cyrillic alphabet) is listed below in alphabetical order, except for the letters е and ё, which are not distinguished from each other in alphabetical listings such as dictionaries.
