To learn Russian language, Alphabets are the main part of language learning. Here you learn Russian alphabet/Russian letter. If you are interested to learn Russian language, this place will help you to learn Russian alphabet/character in Russian and their pronunciation in English. Language is a communication tool in which knowledge, emotions and feeling convey to others.
To learn Russian language, first we learn Russian alphabets and then learn Russian alphabets with words and images and their pronunciation in English. Common vocabulary is one of the important sections. Common Vocabulary contains common words that we can used in daily life conversations.
Russian alphabet is called as Русский алфавит (Russkiy alfavit). Russian vowels are known as гласные (glasnyye) and Russian consonants are known as согласные (soglasnyye).
Russian is one of the popular languages in Russia over 154 million speakers to communicates their language around the world. Russian language is a Slavic language and also it is the largest native language in Europe.
Russian alphabet is also known as the Cyrillic script. Cyrillic script is a method of verbal communication used in some languages of Slavic, Mongolic, Turkic countries. Russian language is one of the most influential languages in the world.
Russian alphabet has 33 letters contains (10+1) vowels and (20+2) consonants. They are categorized by
Russian vowels are known as гласные (glasnyye). Russian alphabet has 10 vowels and one semivowel as shown in below table and their pronunciation in English.
VOWELS
Capital letter
Small letter
Pronunciation
А
а
a
Е
е
ye
Ё
ё
yo
И
и
i
О
о
o
У
у
u
Ы
ы
i
Э
э
e
Ю
ю
yu
Я
я
ya
Russian Semi-Vowels
SEMI-VOWEL
Capital letter
Small letter
Pronunciation
Й
й
y
Russian Consonants / согласные soglasnyye
Russian consonants are known as согласные (soglasnyye). Russian alphabet has 20 consonants and also 2 consonants named, pronunciation signs
• Soft sign
• Hard sign
Soft sign acts as silent front vowel and hard sign acts as silent back vowel. The vowel [< а, о, э, у, ы >] is followed by hard consonants and vowel [< я, ё, е, ю, и >] is followed by soft consonants. The most common consonant in the Russian alphabet is “Н”.
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