Russian Alphabet

The Russian alphabet is as follows :

Letter

Name

IPA

English example

[a]

/a/

alligator

[b]

/b/ or
/b/

bit

[v]

/v/ or
/v/

vine

[]

//

go

[d]

/d/ or
/d/

do

[je]

/je/ or
/ e/

yet

[jo]

/jo/ or
/ o/

yolk

[]

//

pleasure

[z]

/z/ or
/z/

zoo

[i]

/i/ or
/ i/

me

[i kratk]

/j/

yes

[ka]

/k/ or
/k/

kitten

or
[el}] or [el]

/l/ or
/l/

lamp

[m]

/m/ or
/m/

map

[n]

/n/ or
/n/

not

o
[o]

/o/

more

[p]

/p/ or
/p/

pet

[r]

/r/ or
/r/

rolled r

[s]

/s/ or
/s/

see

[t]

/t/ or
/t/

tip

[u]

/u/

boot

[f]

/f/ or
/f/

face

[xa]

/x/

Ugh (voiceless velar fricative)

[ts]

/ts/

sits

[te]

/t/

chip

[a]

//

shut (voiceless retroflex fricative)

[a]

//

sheer (sometimes instead pronounced

as with fresh cheese) (a voiceless
alveolo-palatal fricative)

[tvordj
znak]

[]

/ /
[mxkj
znak]

silent, slightly palatalises the preceding

consonant

[]

/e/

met

[ju]

/ju/ or
/ u/

use

[ja]

/ja/ or
/ a/

yard

silent, prevents palatalization of the

preceding consonant
[]

roses or silly (close central unrounded

vowel)