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Variants of the Cyrillic alphabet are used by the writing systems of many languages, especially languages used in the former Soviet Union. The Cyrillic alphabet (səˈrɪlɪk also called azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters is actually a family of Alphabets, subsets of which are used by A writing system is a type of Symbolic system used to represent elements or statements expressible in Language. The tables below show the sounds represented by the letters in many languages. The highlighted letters are letters of the Russian alphabet which are in common use in various languages which adopted the Cyrillic script. The modern Russian alphabet is a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet.
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- There are many languages that use two or more sets of alphabets, for example Latin alphabet or Arabic alphabet. The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages) a group of closely related Languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages The Uralic languages (jʊˈrælɨk constitute a language family of 39 Languages spoken by approximately 20 million people The languages of the Caucasus are a large and extremely varied array of languages spoken by more than ten million people in and around the Caucasus Mountains which lie between The modern Russian alphabet is a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet. The Belarusian alphabet is based on the Cyrillic script and is derived from the alphabet of the Old Church Slavonic language The Ukrainian alphabet is the set of letters used to write Ukrainian, the official language of Ukraine. Rusyn (ry русинськый язык) is an East Slavic language (along with Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian, with which it shares The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (српска/Вукова ћирилица srpska/Vukova ćirilica, literally " Serbian/Vuk's Cyrillic alphabet " is Bulgarian (български език IPA: ɛzˈik is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group The Macedonian alphabet (Македонска азбука Makedonska azbuka) is an adaptation of the Cyrillic alphabet used to write the modern Macedonian language The Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet is a Cyrillic alphabet derived from the Russian alphabet and developed for the Romanian / Moldovan language Ossetic or Ossetian (Ирон ӕвзаг Iron ævzag or Иронау Ironau) also sometimes called Ossete, is an Iranian The Tajik language has been written in three Writing Kildin Sami (also spelled Sámi or Saami; formerly Lappish) is a Sami language spoken by approximately 500 people on the Kola Peninsula The Mari language (Mari chm марий йылме marii jylme, марийский язык spoken by more than 600000 people belongs to the Finno-Ugric The Mari language (Mari chm марий йылме marii jylme, марийский язык spoken by more than 600000 people belongs to the Finno-Ugric Udmurt (udm удмурт кыл udm-Latn udmurt kyl) is a Finno-Permic language spoken by the Udmurts, natives of the Russian constituent republic of Khanty or Xanty language, also known as the Ostyak language, is a Language of the Khant peoples. Abkhaz is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken mainly in Abkhazia and Turkey by the Abkhaz people. The Kabardian language is closely related to the Adyghe language (see Adyghe people) both members of the Northwest Caucasian language family mainly The Chechen language (Нохчийн мотт / Noxçiyn mott Medieval Chechen نوًچین موت) is spoken by more than 1 A (А а is the first letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. It arose directly from the Greek letter alpha. A with breve ( Majuscule: Ӑ, minuscule: ă) is a Cyrillic letter used in the Chuvash language orthography A with diaeresis ( Majuscule: Ӓ, minuscule: ä) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet currently used in the Khanty, Kildin Sami Schwa ( Majuscule: Ә, minuscule: ә) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. Schwa with diaeresis ( Majuscule: Ӛ, minuscule: ӛ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet now only used in the Khanty language. Ӕ ӕ is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet now used in Ossetic to represent the Near-open front unrounded vowel /æ/ Ve (В в is the third letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the sound /v/ Ge or He (Г г italics Г, г) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing /g/ or /ɦ/ in different languages Ge (Ґ ґ italic Ґґ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet mainly used in Ukrainian, representing the Gje (Ѓ ѓ is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Macedonian language to represent / ɟ / or / ʥ / Ghayn is also a spelling for the Arabic letter Ghain. The Cyrillic letter Ghayn, Ge stroke or Ayn (in Kazakh Ge with descender ( Majuscule: Ӷ, minuscule: ӷ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used to write Siberian Yupik in Ge with middle hook ( Majuscule: Ҕ, minuscule: ҕ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used in Sakha and Abkhaz to represent De (Д д italics Д д) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. Dje, or Djerv (Ђ ђ is the sixth letter of the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Serbian language to represent the sound /ʥ/ a Voiced alveolo-palatal For the Ukrainian alphabet letter Ye (Є є see Ukrainian Ye. Ye with grave ( Majuscule: Ѐ, minuscule: ѐ) is a Cyrillic character representing a stressed variant of regular letter е. Yo (Ё ё is the seventh letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet, invented in 1783 by Yekaterina Dashkova, and first used among others in 1797 by the Russian Ye with Breve ( Majuscule: Ӗ, minuscule: ӗ) is a Cyrillic letter used only in Chuvash language Abkhazian Che ( Majuscule: Ҽ, minuscule: ҽ) is a letter found in the Cyrillic Alphabet. The Abkhazian Che with descender ( Majuscule: Ҿ, minuscule: ҿ) is a Cyrillic letter currently used for the Abkhazian language Ye (Є є is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in Ukrainian and Rusyn languages to represent the iotated vowel sound /je/ Zhe (Ж ж is the letter of Cyrillic alphabet which represents the Voiced postalveolar fricative /ʒ/ ( listen) similar to the s Zhe with breve ( Majuscule: Ӂ, minuscule: ӂ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, created by Soviet linguists for the Cyrillization The Cyrillic letter Zhe with descender or Zhje ( Majuscule: Җ, minuscule: җ) is used as a letter in the Tatar, Kalmyk and Zhe with diaeresis ( Majuscule: Ӝ, minuscule: ӝ) is a letter of the Cyrillic Alphabet used only in the Udmurt language. Ze (З з is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the consonant /z/ Ze with descender or Dhe ( Majuscule: Ҙ, minuscule: ҙ) is a Cyrillic letter used in the Bashkir language. Ze with diaeresis ( Majuscule: Ӟ, minuscule: ӟ) is a letter of Cyrillic now used in Udmurt language. Abkhazian Dze ( Majuscule: Ӡ, minuscule: ӡ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used in the Abkhazian language. Dze (Ѕ ѕ is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used to represent the sound /dz/ in the Macedonian alphabet. I or Y (И и italics И, и) is a letter of almost all ancient and modern Cyrillic alphabets representing typically /i/ (in Old Slavonic I with grave ( Majuscule: Ѝ, minuscule: ѝ) is a character representing a stressed variant of regular letter ‹и› in some variants of the Used in the Udmurt language, I with diaeresis ( Majuscule: Ӥ, minuscule: ӥ) is a non-Slavic letter from the Cyrillic alphabet. I with macron ( Majuscule: Ӣ, minuscule: ӣ) is a letter of the Cyrillic Alphabet used in Tajik language to sound the Palatal approximant I (І і (also called dotted I) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the orthographies of the Belarusian, Kazakh and Yi (Ї ї is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Ukrainian and Rusyn languages Palochka or Páločka ( Majuscule: Ӏ minuscule: ӏ Russian: па́лочка a stick is a letter added to the Cyrillic alphabet Short I with tail ( Majuscule: Ҋ, minuscule: ҋ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. Je (Ј ј is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Serbian, Macedonian, Azeri, and Altai languages Ka (К к is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. It is derived from the Greek letter kappa (Κ κ Short I with tail ( Majuscule: Ҋ, minuscule: ҋ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. Ҏ ( minuscule: ҏ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used in Kildin Sami to represent a voiceless trill ( IPA Bashkir Qa or Bashkir Ka (Ҡ ҡ is a Cyrillic letter used in the Bashkir language. Ka with hook ( Majuscule: Ӄ, minuscule: ӄ) is a Cyrillic letter currently used in the Khanty and Chukchi language. Ka with vertical stroke ( Majuscule: Ҝ, minuscule: ҝ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used in Azeri. El (Л л is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the consonant /l/ unless it comes before a palatalizing vowel when it represents /lʲ/ except in Serbian El with tail ( Majuscule: Ӆ, minuscule: ӆ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used only in Klidin Sami language, located between The Cyrillic letter lje (Љ љ was originally a ligature of Л and Ь and represents a palatal lateral /ʎ/ a sound similar (but not equal Kje (Ќ ќ is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Macedonian language. Em with tail ( Majuscule: Ӎ, minuscule: ӎ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet only now used in Kildin Sami language. En (Н н is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. It represents the consonant /n/ unless followed by ь or any of the Palatalizing vowels when it represents /nʲ/ Ligature En Ge ( Majuscule: Ҥ, minuscule: ҥ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used in the non-Slavic languages Altai, Bashkir The Cyrillic letter N with descender or Ng (in Kazakh) (Ң ң is an Н with a Descender. En with tail ( Majuscule: minuscule: is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet now only used in Kildin Sami language. En with hook ( Majuscule: Ӈ, minuscule: ӈ) is a letter of Cyrillic alphabet used in non-Slavic languages Even, Evenki Ka (К к is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. It is derived from the Greek letter kappa (Κ κ O (О о is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the vowel /o/ word-initially and after hard consonants O with diaeresis ( Majuscule: Ӧ, minuscule ӧ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet now used in the Kurdish, Altay, Khakass The Cyrillic letter Oe or Barred O (Ө ө is an O with a horizontal line through it Oe with diaeresis ( Majuscule: Ӫ, minuscule: ӫ) is a Cyrillic letter used in the Khanty and Even languages Abkhazian Kha ( Majuscule: Ҩ, minuscule: ҩ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used in the Abkhaz language and placed Pe (П п (formerly referred to by the mnemonic name pokoy) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the consonant /p/ unless followed Ҧ ( minuscule: ҧ) is a Cyrillic letter only used in Abkhaz. Er (Р р is the eighteenth letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. It was developed from the Greek letter Rho. Ҏ ( minuscule: ҏ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used in Kildin Sami to represent a voiceless trill ( IPA Es (С с is the eighteenth letter in the Bulgarian the nineteenth letter in the Russian and the twenty-first letter in Serbian Cyrillic alphabet. Es with descender or The (not the same as the Definite article) in Bashkir ( Majuscule: Ҫ, minuscule: ҫ) is a Cyrillic Te (Т т italics Т, т) is the letter in the Cyrillic alphabet corresponding to T in the Latin alphabet Te with descender ( Majuscule: Ҭ, minuscule: ҭ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used in Abkhaz, where it represents aspirated Tshe (Ћ ћ is the 23rd letter in the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet. Kje (Ќ ќ is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Macedonian language. U (У у is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the vowel /u/ after non-palatalized (hard consonants O (О о is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the vowel /o/ word-initially and after hard consonants U with double acute ( Majuscule: Ӳ, minuscule: ӳ) is used for the Chuvash language. U with diaeresis ( Majuscule: Ӱ, minuscule: ӱ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet to be used for the Khakass, Mari, U with macron ( Majuscule: Ӯ, minuscule: ӯ) is a letter of the Cyrillic Alphabet used for the Tajik language. The Cyrillic letter Straight U (Ү ү (in Mongolian, Kazakh, Tatar, Bashkir languages Buryat and Kalmyk langugages and many others The Cyrillic letter Straight U with stroke (Ұ ұ is a straight Cyrillic У with a horizontal line through it Ef (Ф ф is the twenty-second letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. Kha, (Х х is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the Voiceless velar fricative /x/ in Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian Kha with Descender or Soft Kha ( Majuscule: Ҳ, minuscule: ҳ) is a letter of certain Cyrillic alphabets such as Abkhaz Shha or He (Һ һ is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet used in Bashkir, Tse (Ц ц is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. It looks somewhat like U with square corners and a "pig tail" on the bottom right Ligature Te Tse ( Majuscule: Ҵ, minuscule: ҵ) is a Cyrillic ligature used only for the Abkhaz language, located between Che or Cha (Ч ч italics Ч ч) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. Che with diaeresis ( Majuscule: Ӵ, minuscule: ӵ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet now used in Udmurt language where it is the Che with descender ( Majuscule: Ҷ, minuscule: ҷ) is a letter of Tajik Cyrillic alphabet to represent the Affricate /ʤ/ Khakassian Che ( Majuscule: Ӌ, minuscule ӌ) is a letter of Cyrillic alphabet only now used in Khakas language. Che with vertical stroke ( Majuscule: Ҹ, minuscule: ҹ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used in Azeri. Dzhe (Џ џ is a letter of Vuk Karadžić 's Cyrillic alphabet reform used in Serbo-Croatian and Macedonian to represent a Voiced Sha (Ш ш italics Ш ш) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the consonant sound /ʃ/ or /ʂ/ Shcha or Shta (Щ щ italics Щ щ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, historically representing The letter Yer or Jer ( Ъ, ъ) of the Cyrillic alphabet is known as the hard sign (твёрдый знак znak in the modern Yery or Yeru (Ы ы usually called ы in modern Russian) is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. Yery with diaeresis ( Majuscule: Ӹ, minuscule: ӹ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used for writing the Mari language. The soft sign (Ь ь is a symbol in the Cyrillic alphabet. In the Old Slavic language, it represented a short -like vowel but in modern Slavic Cyrillic writing Ka with vertical stroke ( Majuscule: Ҝ, minuscule: ҝ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used in Azeri. For the letter E (Е е of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian and Ukrainian alphabets see Ye (Cyrillic E with diaeresis ( Majuscule: Ӭ, minuscule: ӭ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet currently used in Kildin Sami. Yu (Ю ю is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing either the combination /ju/ (a so-called iotated vowel or /u/ after a palatalized consonant Ya (Я я is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet, representing either the combination /ja/ (a so-called Iotated vowel) or /a/ after a palatalized consonant The modern Russian alphabet is a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet. The Belarusian alphabet is based on the Cyrillic script and is derived from the alphabet of the Old Church Slavonic language The Ukrainian alphabet is the set of letters used to write Ukrainian, the official language of Ukraine. Rusyn (ry русинськый язык) is an East Slavic language (along with Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian, with which it shares The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (српска/Вукова ћирилица srpska/Vukova ćirilica, literally " Serbian/Vuk's Cyrillic alphabet " is Bulgarian (български език IPA: ɛzˈik is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group The Macedonian alphabet (Македонска азбука Makedonska azbuka) is an adaptation of the Cyrillic alphabet used to write the modern Macedonian language The Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet is a Cyrillic alphabet derived from the Russian alphabet and developed for the Romanian / Moldovan language Ossetic or Ossetian (Ирон ӕвзаг Iron ævzag or Иронау Ironau) also sometimes called Ossete, is an Iranian The Tajik language has been written in three Writing Kildin Sami (also spelled Sámi or Saami; formerly Lappish) is a Sami language spoken by approximately 500 people on the Kola Peninsula The Mari language (Mari chm марий йылме marii jylme, марийский язык spoken by more than 600000 people belongs to the Finno-Ugric The Mari language (Mari chm марий йылме marii jylme, марийский язык spoken by more than 600000 people belongs to the Finno-Ugric Udmurt (udm удмурт кыл udm-Latn udmurt kyl) is a Finno-Permic language spoken by the Udmurts, natives of the Russian constituent republic of Khanty or Xanty language, also known as the Ostyak language, is a Language of the Khant peoples. Abkhaz is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken mainly in Abkhazia and Turkey by the Abkhaz people. The Kabardian language is closely related to the Adyghe language (see Adyghe people) both members of the Northwest Caucasian language family mainly The Chechen language (Нохчийн мотт / Noxçiyn mott Medieval Chechen نوًچین موت) is spoken by more than 1 The Turkic languages constitute a Language family of some thirty languages spoken by Turkic peoples across a vast area from Eastern Europe and the Altaic, according to its proponents is a language family that includes 66 Languages ref> Altaic languages spoken by about 348 million people mostly in and around In Republic of Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani alphabet may refer to either of two alphabets used to write the Azerbaijani language: one based on the Cyrillic alphabet Turkmen ( Latin script: türkmen Cyrillic: түркмен ISO 639 -1 tk ISO 639-2 tuk is the name of the national language of Turkmenistan Kazakh (also Qazaq and variants natively kk Qazaq tili, kk Қазақ тілі; pronounced tˈlə is a Turkic language closely related to The Kyrgyz alphabets are the alphabets used to write the Kirghiz language. The Karachay-Balkar language (Къарачай-Малкъар /Qarachay-Malqar/ is a Turkic language spoken by the Karachays and Balkars. The Bashkir language is a Turkic language. Speakers The 2002 population census showed under 1000000 native speakers of the Bashkir language living in The Tatar language (,, Татар теле, Татарча) is a Turkic Language spoken by the Tatars. Altay is a language of the Turkic group of languages It is an official language of Altai Republic, Russia. Khakas is a Turkic language spoken by the Khakas people who mainly live in the southern Siberian Khakas Republic or Khakassia, in Russia Sakha, or Yakut, is a Turkic language with around 460000 speakers spoken in the Sakha Republic in the Russian Federation by the Sakha Tuvan (Tuvan Тыва дыл Tyva dyl) also known as Tuvinian, Tyvan, or Tuvin, is one of the Turkic languages. Uzbek ( O‘zbek tili or O'zbekcha in Latin script, Ўзбек тили in Cyrillic script; أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی in Arabic Uyghur (/ ug-Latn Uyƣurqə/ug-Cyrl Уйғурчә, or / ug-Latn Uyƣur tili/ug-Cyrl Уйғур Chuvash (Chuvash Чӑвашла Čăvašla, ʨəʋaʂˈla also known as Chăvash, Chuwash, Chovash, Chavash, Çuvaş Evenki (also known as Ewenki Ewenke Owenke Solon Suolun is the largest member of the northern group of Tungusic languages, a group which also includes the Even Buryat (or Buriat is a Mongolic variety spoken by the Buryats that is usually classified as a language. The Mongolian language (mn [[ImageMonggol kelesvg 17px]] Mongɣol kele, Cyrillic: Монгол хэл Mongol khel) is the best-known member of Kalmyk (also known as Kalmuck Calmouk Qalmaq Kalmytskii Jazyk Khalmag Volga Oirat Weilate Western Mongol is the Language of the Kalmyks and Oirats The Dungan language is a Sinitic language spoken by the Dungan of Central Asia, an ethnic group related to the Hui people of China A (А а is the first letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. It arose directly from the Greek letter alpha. A with breve ( Majuscule: Ӑ, minuscule: ă) is a Cyrillic letter used in the Chuvash language orthography A with diaeresis ( Majuscule: Ӓ, minuscule: ä) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet currently used in the Khanty, Kildin Sami Schwa ( Majuscule: Ә, minuscule: ә) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. Schwa with diaeresis ( Majuscule: Ӛ, minuscule: ӛ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet now only used in the Khanty language. Ӕ ӕ is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet now used in Ossetic to represent the Near-open front unrounded vowel /æ/ Ve (В в is the third letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the sound /v/ Ge or He (Г г italics Г, г) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing /g/ or /ɦ/ in different languages Ge (Ґ ґ italic Ґґ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet mainly used in Ukrainian, representing the Gje (Ѓ ѓ is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Macedonian language to represent / ɟ / or / ʥ / Ghayn is also a spelling for the Arabic letter Ghain. The Cyrillic letter Ghayn, Ge stroke or Ayn (in Kazakh Ge with descender ( Majuscule: Ӷ, minuscule: ӷ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used to write Siberian Yupik in Ge with middle hook ( Majuscule: Ҕ, minuscule: ҕ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used in Sakha and Abkhaz to represent De (Д д italics Д д) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. Dje, or Djerv (Ђ ђ is the sixth letter of the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Serbian language to represent the sound /ʥ/ a Voiced alveolo-palatal For the Ukrainian alphabet letter Ye (Є є see Ukrainian Ye. Ye with grave ( Majuscule: Ѐ, minuscule: ѐ) is a Cyrillic character representing a stressed variant of regular letter е. Yo (Ё ё is the seventh letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet, invented in 1783 by Yekaterina Dashkova, and first used among others in 1797 by the Russian Ye with Breve ( Majuscule: Ӗ, minuscule: ӗ) is a Cyrillic letter used only in Chuvash language Abkhazian Che ( Majuscule: Ҽ, minuscule: ҽ) is a letter found in the Cyrillic Alphabet. The Abkhazian Che with descender ( Majuscule: Ҿ, minuscule: ҿ) is a Cyrillic letter currently used for the Abkhazian language Ye (Є є is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in Ukrainian and Rusyn languages to represent the iotated vowel sound /je/ Zhe (Ж ж is the letter of Cyrillic alphabet which represents the Voiced postalveolar fricative /ʒ/ ( listen) similar to the s Zhe with breve ( Majuscule: Ӂ, minuscule: ӂ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, created by Soviet linguists for the Cyrillization The Cyrillic letter Zhe with descender or Zhje ( Majuscule: Җ, minuscule: җ) is used as a letter in the Tatar, Kalmyk and Zhe with diaeresis ( Majuscule: Ӝ, minuscule: ӝ) is a letter of the Cyrillic Alphabet used only in the Udmurt language. Ze (З з is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the consonant /z/ Ze with descender or Dhe ( Majuscule: Ҙ, minuscule: ҙ) is a Cyrillic letter used in the Bashkir language. Ze with diaeresis ( Majuscule: Ӟ, minuscule: ӟ) is a letter of Cyrillic now used in Udmurt language. Abkhazian Dze ( Majuscule: Ӡ, minuscule: ӡ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used in the Abkhazian language. Dze (Ѕ ѕ is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used to represent the sound /dz/ in the Macedonian alphabet. I or Y (И и italics И, и) is a letter of almost all ancient and modern Cyrillic alphabets representing typically /i/ (in Old Slavonic I with grave ( Majuscule: Ѝ, minuscule: ѝ) is a character representing a stressed variant of regular letter ‹и› in some variants of the Used in the Udmurt language, I with diaeresis ( Majuscule: Ӥ, minuscule: ӥ) is a non-Slavic letter from the Cyrillic alphabet. I with macron ( Majuscule: Ӣ, minuscule: ӣ) is a letter of the Cyrillic Alphabet used in Tajik language to sound the Palatal approximant I (І і (also called dotted I) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the orthographies of the Belarusian, Kazakh and Yi (Ї ї is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Ukrainian and Rusyn languages Palochka or Páločka ( Majuscule: Ӏ minuscule: ӏ Russian: па́лочка a stick is a letter added to the Cyrillic alphabet Short I with tail ( Majuscule: Ҋ, minuscule: ҋ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. Je (Ј ј is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Serbian, Macedonian, Azeri, and Altai languages Ka (К к is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. It is derived from the Greek letter kappa (Κ κ Short I with tail ( Majuscule: Ҋ, minuscule: ҋ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. Ҏ ( minuscule: ҏ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used in Kildin Sami to represent a voiceless trill ( IPA Bashkir Qa or Bashkir Ka (Ҡ ҡ is a Cyrillic letter used in the Bashkir language. Ka with hook ( Majuscule: Ӄ, minuscule: ӄ) is a Cyrillic letter currently used in the Khanty and Chukchi language. Ka with vertical stroke ( Majuscule: Ҝ, minuscule: ҝ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used in Azeri. El (Л л is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the consonant /l/ unless it comes before a palatalizing vowel when it represents /lʲ/ except in Serbian El with tail ( Majuscule: Ӆ, minuscule: ӆ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used only in Klidin Sami language, located between The Cyrillic letter lje (Љ љ was originally a ligature of Л and Ь and represents a palatal lateral /ʎ/ a sound similar (but not equal Kje (Ќ ќ is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Macedonian language. Em with tail ( Majuscule: Ӎ, minuscule: ӎ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet only now used in Kildin Sami language. En (Н н is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. It represents the consonant /n/ unless followed by ь or any of the Palatalizing vowels when it represents /nʲ/ Ligature En Ge ( Majuscule: Ҥ, minuscule: ҥ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used in the non-Slavic languages Altai, Bashkir The Cyrillic letter N with descender or Ng (in Kazakh) (Ң ң is an Н with a Descender. En with tail ( Majuscule: minuscule: is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet now only used in Kildin Sami language. En with hook ( Majuscule: Ӈ, minuscule: ӈ) is a letter of Cyrillic alphabet used in non-Slavic languages Even, Evenki Ka (К к is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. It is derived from the Greek letter kappa (Κ κ O (О о is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the vowel /o/ word-initially and after hard consonants O with diaeresis ( Majuscule: Ӧ, minuscule ӧ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet now used in the Kurdish, Altay, Khakass The Cyrillic letter Oe or Barred O (Ө ө is an O with a horizontal line through it Oe with diaeresis ( Majuscule: Ӫ, minuscule: ӫ) is a Cyrillic letter used in the Khanty and Even languages Abkhazian Kha ( Majuscule: Ҩ, minuscule: ҩ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used in the Abkhaz language and placed Pe (П п (formerly referred to by the mnemonic name pokoy) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the consonant /p/ unless followed Ҧ ( minuscule: ҧ) is a Cyrillic letter only used in Abkhaz. Er (Р р is the eighteenth letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. It was developed from the Greek letter Rho. Ҏ ( minuscule: ҏ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used in Kildin Sami to represent a voiceless trill ( IPA Es (С с is the eighteenth letter in the Bulgarian the nineteenth letter in the Russian and the twenty-first letter in Serbian Cyrillic alphabet. Es with descender or The (not the same as the Definite article) in Bashkir ( Majuscule: Ҫ, minuscule: ҫ) is a Cyrillic Te (Т т italics Т, т) is the letter in the Cyrillic alphabet corresponding to T in the Latin alphabet Te with descender ( Majuscule: Ҭ, minuscule: ҭ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used in Abkhaz, where it represents aspirated Tshe (Ћ ћ is the 23rd letter in the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet. Kje (Ќ ќ is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Macedonian language. U (У у is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the vowel /u/ after non-palatalized (hard consonants O (О о is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the vowel /o/ word-initially and after hard consonants U with double acute ( Majuscule: Ӳ, minuscule: ӳ) is used for the Chuvash language. U with diaeresis ( Majuscule: Ӱ, minuscule: ӱ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet to be used for the Khakass, Mari, U with macron ( Majuscule: Ӯ, minuscule: ӯ) is a letter of the Cyrillic Alphabet used for the Tajik language. The Cyrillic letter Straight U (Ү ү (in Mongolian, Kazakh, Tatar, Bashkir languages Buryat and Kalmyk langugages and many others The Cyrillic letter Straight U with stroke (Ұ ұ is a straight Cyrillic У with a horizontal line through it Ef (Ф ф is the twenty-second letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. Kha, (Х х is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the Voiceless velar fricative /x/ in Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian Kha with Descender or Soft Kha ( Majuscule: Ҳ, minuscule: ҳ) is a letter of certain Cyrillic alphabets such as Abkhaz Shha or He (Һ һ is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet used in Bashkir, Tse (Ц ц is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. It looks somewhat like U with square corners and a "pig tail" on the bottom right Ligature Te Tse ( Majuscule: Ҵ, minuscule: ҵ) is a Cyrillic ligature used only for the Abkhaz language, located between Che or Cha (Ч ч italics Ч ч) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. Che with diaeresis ( Majuscule: Ӵ, minuscule: ӵ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet now used in Udmurt language where it is the Che with descender ( Majuscule: Ҷ, minuscule: ҷ) is a letter of Tajik Cyrillic alphabet to represent the Affricate /ʤ/ Khakassian Che ( Majuscule: Ӌ, minuscule ӌ) is a letter of Cyrillic alphabet only now used in Khakas language. Che with vertical stroke ( Majuscule: Ҹ, minuscule: ҹ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used in Azeri. Dzhe (Џ џ is a letter of Vuk Karadžić 's Cyrillic alphabet reform used in Serbo-Croatian and Macedonian to represent a Voiced Sha (Ш ш italics Ш ш) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the consonant sound /ʃ/ or /ʂ/ Shcha or Shta (Щ щ italics Щ щ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, historically representing The letter Yer or Jer ( Ъ, ъ) of the Cyrillic alphabet is known as the hard sign (твёрдый знак znak in the modern Yery or Yeru (Ы ы usually called ы in modern Russian) is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. Yery with diaeresis ( Majuscule: Ӹ, minuscule: ӹ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used for writing the Mari language. The soft sign (Ь ь is a symbol in the Cyrillic alphabet. In the Old Slavic language, it represented a short -like vowel but in modern Slavic Cyrillic writing Ka with vertical stroke ( Majuscule: Ҝ, minuscule: ҝ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet used in Azeri. For the letter E (Е е of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian and Ukrainian alphabets see Ye (Cyrillic E with diaeresis ( Majuscule: Ӭ, minuscule: ӭ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet currently used in Kildin Sami. Yu (Ю ю is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing either the combination /ju/ (a so-called iotated vowel or /u/ after a palatalized consonant Ya (Я я is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet, representing either the combination /ja/ (a so-called Iotated vowel) or /a/ after a palatalized consonant In Republic of Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani alphabet may refer to either of two alphabets used to write the Azerbaijani language: one based on the Cyrillic alphabet Turkmen ( Latin script: türkmen Cyrillic: түркмен ISO 639 -1 tk ISO 639-2 tuk is the name of the national language of Turkmenistan Kazakh (also Qazaq and variants natively kk Qazaq tili, kk Қазақ тілі; pronounced tˈlə is a Turkic language closely related to The Kyrgyz alphabets are the alphabets used to write the Kirghiz language. The Karachay-Balkar language (Къарачай-Малкъар /Qarachay-Malqar/ is a Turkic language spoken by the Karachays and Balkars. The Bashkir language is a Turkic language. Speakers The 2002 population census showed under 1000000 native speakers of the Bashkir language living in The Tatar language (,, Татар теле, Татарча) is a Turkic Language spoken by the Tatars. Altay is a language of the Turkic group of languages It is an official language of Altai Republic, Russia. Khakas is a Turkic language spoken by the Khakas people who mainly live in the southern Siberian Khakas Republic or Khakassia, in Russia Sakha, or Yakut, is a Turkic language with around 460000 speakers spoken in the Sakha Republic in the Russian Federation by the Sakha Tuvan (Tuvan Тыва дыл Tyva dyl) also known as Tuvinian, Tyvan, or Tuvin, is one of the Turkic languages. Uzbek ( O‘zbek tili or O'zbekcha in Latin script, Ўзбек тили in Cyrillic script; أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی in Arabic Uyghur (/ ug-Latn Uyƣurqə/ug-Cyrl Уйғурчә, or / ug-Latn Uyƣur tili/ug-Cyrl Уйғур Chuvash (Chuvash Чӑвашла Čăvašla, ʨəʋaʂˈla also known as Chăvash, Chuwash, Chovash, Chavash, Çuvaş Evenki (also known as Ewenki Ewenke Owenke Solon Suolun is the largest member of the northern group of Tungusic languages, a group which also includes the Even Buryat (or Buriat is a Mongolic variety spoken by the Buryats that is usually classified as a language. The Mongolian language (mn [[ImageMonggol kelesvg 17px]] Mongɣol kele, Cyrillic: Монгол хэл Mongol khel) is the best-known member of Kalmyk (also known as Kalmuck Calmouk Qalmaq Kalmytskii Jazyk Khalmag Volga Oirat Weilate Western Mongol is the Language of the Kalmyks and Oirats The Dungan language is a Sinitic language spoken by the Dungan of Central Asia, an ethnic group related to the Hui people of China The Arabic alphabet is the script used for writing several languages of Asia and Africa such as Arabic, Persian, and Urdu.
- ѐ and ѝ are variants of е and и which are used in South Slavic languages for preventing ambiguity.
- Abkhaz language also has the digraphs Гь гь, Ҕь ҕь, Дә дә, Џь џь, Жь жь, Жә жә, Ӡә ӡә, Кь кь, Қь қь, Ҟь ҟь, Тә тә, Ҭә ҭә, Хь хь, Ҳә ҳә, Цә цә, Ҵә ҵә, Шь шь, Шә шә
- Azerbaijani language also has apostrophe (’) as a letter.
- Chechen language also has the digraphs Аь аь, ГӀ гӀ, Кх кх, Къ къ, КӀ кӀ, Оь оь, ПӀ пӀ, ТӀ тӀ, Уь уь, Хь хь, ХӀ хӀ, ЦӀ цӀ, ЧӀ чӀ, Юь юь, Яь яь
- Kabardian language also has the digraphs Гу гу, Гъ гъ, Дж дж, Дэ дэ, Жь жь, Ку ку, КӀ кӀ, Къ къ, Лъ лъ, ЛӀ лӀ, ПӀ пӀ, ТӀ тӀ, ФӀ фӀ, Ху ху, Хь хь, Хъ хъ, ЦӀ цӀ, ЩӀ щӀ, Ӏу Ӏу, trigraphs Гъу гъу, КӀу кӀу, Къу къу, Кхъ кхъ, Хъу хъу, tetragraphs Кхъу кхъу
- Karachay-Balkar language also has the digraphs Гъ гъ, ДЖ дж, Къ къ, Нг нг
- Khanty language also has the digraphs Л’ л’, Ч’ ч’
- Ossetic language also has the digraphs Гъ гъ, Дж дж, Дз дз, Къ къ, Пъ пъ, Тъ тъ, Хъ хъ, Цъ цъ, Чъ чъ
- Yakut language also has the digraphs Дь дь, Нь нь
See also
The Cyrillic alphabet (səˈrɪlɪk also called azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters is actually a family of Alphabets, subsets of which are used by The Cyrillic blocks In Unicode extend from U+0400 to U+052F The characters in the range U+0400–U+045F Cyrillic are basically the characters from ISO 8859-5 This is a list of languages that have been written in the Cyrillic alphabet at one time or another List of Latin letters. Basic alphabet Extensions and ligatures Letters with diacritics Digraphs trigraphs and tetragraphs Variants of the Latin alphabet are used by the Writing systems of many languages throughout the world
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