How do you pronounce the Cyrillic alphabet?
Is Russian a Cyrillic language?
This script is called Cyrillic, and is used in many Slavic and Turkic languages. The most widely spoken languages that use Cyrillic script are: Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Belarusian, Czech, Kazakh, Kirghiz, and Macedonian.
Why is Cyrillic so weird?
The Cyrillic alphabet came from the Greek alphabet, hence the similarity of some letters to Greek, with some additions to represent sounds that aren’t found in Greek. Note that J, U and W would all look “weird” to an ancient Roman, as they weren’t present in the original Roman alphabet.
How is й pronounced?
3 Answers. The name of the letter Й is “и краткое”, pronounced as [ee kratkaye]. If the letter Й is in the end of a word it sounds like “y” in “may” (мой, другой). In addition, the letter Й is considered to be a consonant.