RUSSIAN CYRILLIC ALPHABET, ITS TRANSLITERATION AND PRONUNCIATION
Transliteration of Cyrillic letters into Latin letters is difficult because there is no international agreement among experts on a single unified system of converting from Cyrillic into Latin letters. Indeed, each language has one or more methods of converting Russian into English or German or French, based on their own pronunciation of letters. In addition there is an official Russian transliteration from Cyrillic.
Cyrillic Alphabet
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English System
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Pronounce like the letter in the word
À à
a
a
a
father
Á á
b
b
b
bank
 â
v
v
w
victor
à ã
g
g
g
good
Ä ä
d
d
d
dog
Å å
e
e, ye
je
yes
¨ ¸
e
yo
jo
yogurt
Æ æ
zh
zh
sh
massage
Ç ç
z
z
s, z
zebra
È è
i
i
i
see
É é
y
j
j
toy, goodbye, hay
Ê k
k
k
k
kangaroo
Ë ë
l
l
l
fill
Ì ì
m
m
m
mouse
Í í
n
n
n
north
Î î
o
o
o
port, like "ah" if not stressed
Ï ï
p
p
p
pepper
Ð ð
r
r
r
red, rolled at the tip of the tongue
Ñ ñ
s
s
s
soon, yes
Ò ò
t
t
t
tea
Ó ó
u
u
u
fool
Ô ô
f
f
v, f
fire
Õ õ
kh
kh
ch
Scottish loch
Ö ö
ts
ts
z
sits
× ÷
ch
ch
tsch
chair
Ø ù
sh
sh
sch
short
Ù ù
shch
shch
stsch
freshcheese
Ú ú
hard sign not pronounced
Û û
y
y
y
ill
Ü ü
soft sign not pronounced (j)
Ý ý
e
e
e
let
Þ þ
yu
yu, iu
ju
youth
ß ÿ
ya
ya, ia
ja
yacht
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