Russian Alphabet, Rosyjski

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The Russian Alphabet
Russian letter
Letter's name
in Russian
Pronounced
as
1
Vowel
"ah"
a in car
a
x
"beh"
b in bit
b
-
"veh"
v in vine
v
-
"geh"
g in go
g
-
"deh"
d in do
d
-
"yeh"
ye in yet
ye
or
e
x
"yo"
yo in yolk
yo
x
"zheh"
s in pleasure
zh
-
"zeh"
z in zoo
z
-
"ee"
ee in see
i
x
"ee kratkoyeh"
"short ee"
y in boy
i
or
y
or
j
-
"kah"
k in kitten
k
-
"ehl"
l in lamp
l
-
"ehm"
m in map
m
-
"ehn"
n in not
n
-
"oh"
o in folk
o
x
"peh"
p in pet
p
-
"ehr"
r in roll
2
r
-
"ehs"
s in see
s
-
"teh"
t in tip
t
-
"oo"
oo in boot
u
x
"ehf"
f in face
f
-
"khah"
h in house
3
kh
or
h
-
"tseh"
ts in sits
ts
-
"cheh"
ch in chip
ch
-
"shah"
sh in shut
sh
-
"schyah"
sh in sheep
sch
-
"tvyordiy znahk"
"hard sign"
4
'
-
"i"
i in ill
y
x
"myagkeey znahk"
"soft sign"
5
'
-
"eh"
e in met
e
x
"yoo"
u in use
yu
x
"yah"
ya in yard
ya
x
The Russian alphabet consists of 33 letters: 21 consonants, 10 vowels, and two letters without
sound - soft sign and hard sign
the Latin letter or combination of letters you type in Russian using the Latin keyboard
2
you have to really "rrroll" your tongue to get it to sound Russian :-)
3
the hard sounded "h" ("house"), also compared to "x" sound when pronounced in Spanish (ex.:
"México"); is usually transliterated as "kh"
is called the hard sign and used in modern Russian spelling only as a separation sign
5
is called the soft sign and is generally used to indicate the softness of consonants
1
4
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Russian Alphabet, Rosyjski

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