Belarusian Alphabet Cheat Sheet

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Belarusian alphabet and pronunciations

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Belarusian Alphabet

А а
Б б
В в
Г г
Д д
Е е
Ё ё
Ж ж
З з
І і
Й й
К к
Л л
М м
Н н
О о
П п
Р р
С с
Т т
У у
Ў ў
Ф ф
Х х
Ц ц
Ч ч
Ш ш
Ы ы
Ь ь
Э э
Ю ю
Я я

English Sound

/a/
/b/
/v/
/ɣ/
/d/
/je, /ʲe/
/jo/, /ʲo/
/ʐ/
/z/
/i/, /ʲi/
/j/
/k/
/l/
/m/
/n/
/o/
/p/
/r/
/s/
/t/
/u/
/w/
/f/
/x/
/ts/
/tʂ/
/ʂ/
/ɪ/
/ʲ/
/ɛ/
/ju/, /ʲu/
/ja/, /ʲa/

Pronun­ciation Example

like a in art
like b in body
like v in van
like g in guest
like d in desk
like e in Lenin or ye in yes
like o in shore or yo in York
like s in pleasure
like z in zoo
like i in machine
like y in toy
like k in kitten
like l in lamp
like m in map
like n in net
like o in sort
like p in park
like the Italian R in Roma
like s in sun
like t in top
like u in put
like the w in know
like f in fox
similar to the German ch in Buch
like ts as in cats
like ch in chalk
like sh in shelf
like y in myth
softens previous consonant
like e in end
like a yu as in Yugoslavia
like ya in yard

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