Russian alphabet

Modern writing system of 33 letters

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The Russian alphabet, called the Cyrillic script, is a writing system made up of 33 letters used to write the Russian language and several other languages. It matters because it's the essential tool for reading and writing in Russian, one of the world's major languages.

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Instance of: Cyrillic-script alphabet
Subclass of: Cyrillic script
Has part: Я
Image: Russian Cyrillic 19th.png

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Commons category: Russian alphabet
topic's main category: Category:Russian alphabet
Commons gallery: Русский алфавит
start time: 1942-12-04
quantity: 32
language of work or name: Russian
Stack Exchange tag: russian.stackexchange.com/tags/алфавит

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Encyclopedic overview

The Russian alphabet is the writing system used to write the Russian language.

The modern Russian alphabet consists of 33 letters: twenty consonants (⟨б⟩, ⟨в⟩, ⟨г⟩, ⟨д⟩, ⟨ж⟩, ⟨з⟩, ⟨к⟩, ⟨л⟩, ⟨м⟩, ⟨н⟩, ⟨п⟩, ⟨р⟩, ⟨с⟩, ⟨т⟩, ⟨ф⟩, ⟨х⟩, ⟨ц⟩, ⟨ч⟩, ⟨ш⟩, ⟨щ⟩), ten vowels (⟨а⟩, ⟨е⟩, ⟨ё⟩, ⟨и⟩, ⟨о⟩, ⟨у⟩, ⟨ы⟩, ⟨э⟩, ⟨ю⟩, ⟨я⟩), a semivowel / consonant ( ⟨й⟩), and two modifier letters or "signs" (⟨ъ⟩, ⟨ь⟩) that alter pronunciation of a preceding consonant or a following vowel.

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