Dear babushka ❤️ Do you think you could teach us, your children, cyrillic alphabet? I would love to learn it (and I am sure many of your followers would love to learn it as well) If it is to much trouble don't worry about it :) I don't want you to feel pressured to do anything :) have a wonderful day 💕
It is my duty, as your babushka, to teach you. Also, it brings me great joy! ❤️
We’ll start at the very beginning:
The Glagolitic script “Ⰳⰾⰰⰳⱁⰾⰹⱌⰰ”
The Glagolitic script is the oldest known Slavic alphabet.
It was created in the 9th century by Saint Cyril.
Modern Cyrillic is derived from the Glagolitic script.
ⰳⰰⰾⰰ (Гала/Gala) - my name in Glagolitic.
The Cyrillic Script
The Cyrillic script, like the Latin script, varies from country to country.
All Orthodox Slavic countries use it as a shared basis of their alphabets.
Some letters are the same in every Cyrillic alphabet, however some are different. First I’ll introduce you to the shared letters, then I’ll teach you the different ones.
Shared letters:
А, а / A, a - as in car
Б, б / B, b - as in bit
В, в / V, v - as in vine
Г, г / G, g - as in go
Д, д / D, d - as in do
Е, е / E, e- this one is tricky; in Serbian, for example, it’s pronounced as in egg. In Russian it’s pronounced as in yet.
Ж, ж / Zh, zh - as in pleasure
З, з / Z, z - as in zoo
И, и / I, i - as in see
К, к / K, k - as in kitten
Л, л / L, l - as in lamp
М, м / M, m - as in my
Н, н / N, n - as in not
О, о / O, o - as in hot
П, п / P, p - as in pot
Р, р / R, r - as in thrilled, but pronounce it like a Scottish person
С, с / S, s - as in stop
Т, т / T, t - as in tip
У, у / U, u - as in boot
Ф, ф / F, f - as in face
Х, х / H, h - as in Loch Ness, again, pronounce it like a Scottish person
Ц, ц / C, c - as in sits
Ч, ч / Ch, ch - as in chip
Ш, ш / Sh, sh - as in shock
Different letters:
*this will also help you tell languages apart.
🇷🇺 Russian:
Ë, ë / Yo, yo - as in yonder
Й, й / J, j - as in boy
Щ, щ - pronounced as shchyah (oof)
Э, э / E, e - as in met
Ю, ю - pronounced as you
Я, я / Yah - yard
Ы, ы - pronounced as ill (kind of)
Ъ, ъ - hard sign
Ь, ь - soft sign
🇧🇾 Belarusian:
^ all of the letters mentioned above, plus:
I, i / I, i - as in tea
Ў ў / W, w - prounounced like short У (kind of)
🇺🇦 Ukrainian
^ all of the letters mentioned in Russian and Belarusian, except for Ё, Ъ, Ы, Э and Ў, plus:
Ï, ï - pronounced as yeet (sorry)
🇧🇬 Bulgarian:
^ all of the letters mentioned in Russian, except for Ё and Ы
🇷🇸 Serbian:
^ none of the letters mentioned in Russian, Belorusian and Ukrainian; instead has:
Ђ, ђ - pronounced as dyeh, like in jack, but a lot softer
Ћ, ћ - pronounced as tyeh, like in church, but a lot softer
Љ, љ - pronounced as lyeh, like in million (kind of)
Њ, њ - pronounced as nyeh, like in onion (kind of)
Џ, џ / Dzh - as in ginger
Ј, ј / Yeh - as in toy
🇲🇰 Macedonian:
^ all of the letters mentioned in Serbian, except for Ђ and Ћ, but:
Ѓ ѓ - pronounced as Serbian Ђ
Ќ ќ - pronounced as Serbian Ћ
Ѕ ѕ - as in pods
Alright. That’s pretty much it. I hope this isn’t too confusing, but if you don’t understand something, or if you want to know more, you can always send me another ask ❤️
