Cyrillic Alphabet

The Cyrillic alphabet is an alphabet used to write Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Belarusian, Macedonian, Serbian (sometimes), Kazakh, Mongolian, and several other languages of Asia.

Like the Latin alphabet, it is derived from the Greek alphabet, which was originally derived from the Phoenician alphabet.

Letter	Approximate Sounds	Notes
А, а	a
Б, б	b
В, в	v
Г, г	g, h
Д, д	d
Е, е	e, ye
Ж, ж	zh
З, з	z
И, и	i, y
Й, й	i, y
К, к	k
Л, л	l
М, м	m
Н, н	n
О, о	o
П, п	p
Р, р	r
С, с	s
Т, т	t
У, у	u
Ф, ф	f
Х, х	kh, h
Ц, ц	ts
Ч, ч	ch
Ш, ш	sh
Щ, щ	shch, sht
Ъ, ъ	palatalization, a	hard sign
Ы, ы	y
Ь, ь	palatalization	soft sign
Э, э	e
Ю, ю	yu
Я, я	ya
Language Specific Letters
Ё, ё	yo	Russian
Ґ, ґ	g	Ukrainian
Є, є	ye	Ukrainian
І, і	i	Ukrainian
Ї, ї	yi	Ukrainian
Ђ, ђ	ky	Serbian
Ј, ј	y	Serbian/Macedonian
Љ, љ	ly	Serbian/Macedonian
Њ, њ	ny	Serbian/Macedonian
Ћ, ћ	ty	Serbian
Џ, џ	dzh	Serbian/Macedonian
Ѓ, ѓ	gy	Macedonian
Ѕ, ѕ	dz	Macedonian
Ќ, ќ	ky	Macedonian
Ә, ә	a	Kazakh
Ғ, ғ	gh	Kazakh
Қ, қ	q	Kazakh
Ң, ң	ng	Kazakh
Ө, ө	o	Kazakh
Ұ, ұ	u	Kazakh
Ү, ү	u	Kazakh
Һ, һ	h	Kazakh