![]() ![]() ![]() As is Bарвара, Varvara - Barbara.Īnother odd thing in Russian is that there often seem to be more consonants in a word than vowels, eg. The name Bиктор is as popular in England as it is in Russia - it's Viktor. And if you're thirsty, look for a БAP - a BAR, where you can always find a TYAЛЕT, TUALET, or toilet. So if you're hungry, look for a PECTOPAH - it's a RESTORAN, restaurant. Something that doesn't help is that some Russian letters look like Latin ones, but sound completely different:ī is V, H is N, P is R, C is S, Y is U and X is H. Something that helps is that some Russian letters are identical to Latin ones: Learners of the Russian language should be grateful to the Bolsheviks for abandoning a few other letters from the Cyrillic alphabet. The letters ъ and ь might also cause problems as the first one is never pronounced and the second just softens the previous consonants. The hard ones are ы (a "grunted" kind of i, as in "pill"), щ (a sharp double sh-sound) and й (y as in "yes"). One of the main difficulties for people learning Russian as a foreign language is the pronunciation of some letters that don't exist in other languages. Today the Russian alphabet has 33 letters. Written Russian grew out of the Slavonic writings of the Church. The alphabet originally contained 43 letters - 24 of them based on the Greek alphabet. ![]() It was created in the 9th century by the Saints Cyril and Methodius, two brothers born in Thessaloniki. Russian is written in the Cyrillic script. What's significant about the Russian alphabet? ![]()
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