Russian alphabet
Русский
Russian is a language that uses the Cyrillic alphabet. This alphabet is used in many languages, such as Bulgarian, Serbian, and Ukrainian.
Here is all the Russian letters in order:
АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
To show this more in detail here is a table:
Letter upper | Letter lower | Pronunciation/Common transliteration |
---|---|---|
А | а | a |
Б | б | b |
В | в | v |
Г | г | g |
Д | д | d |
Е | е | ye, je, e |
Ж | ж | zh |
З | з | z |
И | и | i |
Й | й | y, i, j |
К | к | k |
Л | л | l |
М | м | m |
Н | н | n |
О | о | o |
Р | р | r (rolled) |
С | с | s |
Т | т | t |
У | у | u |
Ф | ф | f |
Х | х | kh, h |
Ц | ц | ts, c |
Ч | ч | ch |
Ш | ш | sh |
Щ | Щ | shch, sch |
Ъ | ъ | silent |
Ы | ы | y |
Ь | ь | silent |
Э | э | e |
Ю | ю | yu, ju |
Я | я | ya, ja |
Similar letters
Russian is a language that has the Greek alphabet as the parent system. This means there are some words that are very similar. Such as the letter D (In these examples the Russian letter is on the left and the Greek is on the right)
Дд Δδ
The letter L
Лл Λλ
Τhe letter F
Фф Φφ
And the letter P
Пп Ππ