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The Russian alphabet

The Russian alphabet is using Cyrillic Letters. The Russian alphabet consists of 33 letters including 11 Vowels and 20 consonants and further 2   signs.

Russian words are spoken as they are written in most cases. In difference to the English Alphabet, many English words are not spoken as written and often two letters combined for a special  .

English Russian  
Russian letter Marked as Pronounced (like in English word)
Capital letter Lowercase

А а a car / father
Б б b bachelor / bat
В в v vitamin
Г г g garden / go
Д д d door
Е е e yellow / yes
Ё ё yo york / yoga
Ж ж zh television
З з z zebra / zoo
И и i see / meat
Й й i boy / joy (diphthong)
К к k Kansas / cat
Л л l love
М м m man
Н н n no
O o o object
П п p passport
Р р r rice / rabbit
С с s sea / center
Т т t table
У у u boot / look
Ф ф f face / family
Х х kh Bach / loch
Ц ц ts its / cats
Ч ч ch chips / chair
Ш ш sh ship / shine
Щ щ sh she / sheep
Ъ ъ - The Hard Sign
Ы ы y ill / bit
Ь ь - The Soft Sign
Э э e lend
Ю ю yu university / music
Я я ya Yahoo