Cyrillic |
Romanisation |
ASCII-friendly |
Phonetic value |
А а |
A a |
A a |
open front unrounded vowel [a] |
Б б |
B b |
B b |
voiced bilabial stop [b] |
В в |
V v |
V v |
voiced labiodental fricative [v]; in combination with ў: bilabial fricative [β] |
Г г |
G g |
G g |
voiced velar stop [g] |
Ғ ғ |
H h |
GH gh |
voiced velar fricative [ɣ] |
Д д |
D d |
D d |
voiced dental stop [d̪],voiced alveolar stop [d] (allophone) |
Ђ ђ |
Ð ð |
DH dh |
voiced dental fricative [ð] |
Е е |
E e |
E e |
open-mid front unrounded vowel [ɛ] |
Ж ж |
Ž ž |
ZH zh |
voiced alveopalatal fricative [ʒ] |
З з |
Z z |
Z z |
voiced alveolar fricative [z] |
І і |
I i |
I i |
close front unrounded vowel [i] |
И и |
Y y |
Y y |
close central unrounded vowel [ɨ] |
Й й (Ј ј) |
J j |
J j |
alveolar approximant [j] |
К к |
K k |
K k |
unvoiced velar stop [k] |
Л л |
L l |
L l |
alveolar lateral approximant [l] |
М м |
M m |
M m |
bilabial nasal [m] |
Н н |
N n |
N n |
dental nasal [n̪]; velar nasal [ŋ] (allophone) |
О о |
O o |
O o |
close-mid back rounded vowel [ɔ] |
Ö ö |
Ö ö |
OE oe |
close-mid central rounded vowel [ø] when stressed, otherwise schwa [ə] |
П п |
P p |
P p |
unvoiced bilabial stop [p] |
Р р |
R r |
R r |
alveolar trill [r] |
С с |
S s |
S s |
unvoiced alveolar fricative [s] |
Т т |
T t |
T t |
unvoiced dental stop [t̪], unvoiced alveolar stop [t] (allophone) |
Ћ ћ |
Þ þ |
TH th |
unvoiced dental fricative [θ] |
У у |
U u |
U u |
close back rounded vowel [u] |
Ў ў (*) |
Ŭ ŭ (*) |
U u |
labiovelar glide [w] |
Ф ф |
F f |
F f |
unvoiced labiodental fricative [f] |
Х х |
CH ch |
KH kh |
unvoiced velar fricative [x] |
Ц ц |
C c |
TS ts |
unvoiced alveolar affricate [ts] |
Ч ч |
Č č |
CH ch |
unvoiced alveopalatal affricate [tʃ] |
Ш ш |
Š š |
SH sh |
unvoiced alveopalatal fricative [ʃ] |
Ы ы |
AI ai |
AI ai |
diphthong [ɑj] |
Ю ю |
Ü ü |
UE ue |
close front rounded vowel [y] |
Я я |
Ä ä |
AE ae |
almost open front unrounded vowel [æ] when stressed, otherwise schwa [ə] |