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А а
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A a
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as in father
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Ә ә
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Ä ä
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as in apple
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Б б
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B b
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as in bed
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В в
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V v
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as in very
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Г г
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G g
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as in got
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Ғ ғ
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Ğ ğ or GH gh
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no English equivalent, backlingual glottal consonant
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Д д
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D d
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as in day
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Е е
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E e
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in Kazakh e is pronounced as if there is [y] before it, as in English yes
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Ё ё
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YO yo
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as in yawn, only in Russian words
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Ж ж
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J j or ZH zh
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as in measure
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З з
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Z z
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as in zone
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И и
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Ï ï
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sounds like ee in indeed
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Й й
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Y y
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(only used in combination with a vowel, as in ray
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К к
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K k
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as in kind
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Қ қ
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Q q
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lingual glottal fricative sound
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Л л
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L l
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can be hard as in element, and soft as in limo
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М м
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M m
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as in main
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Н н
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N n
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as in pen
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Ң ң
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Ñ ñ or NG ng
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as in English swimming
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О о
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O o
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as in hot
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Ө ө
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Ö ö
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as in early
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П п
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P p
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as in park
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Р р
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R r
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Spanish rolling r as in Raul
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С с
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S s
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as in miss
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Т т
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T t
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as in ten
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У у
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W w
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as in tool
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Ұ ұ
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U u
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acoustically resembles u in full, and pull the back part of the tongue more backwards
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Ү ү
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Ü ü
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while saying pool, try to raise the front part of the tongue as high as possible to the front, while mouth is half closed
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Ф ф
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F f
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as in four
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Х х
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X x
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as in khan. Do not confuse with English ‘x’
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Һ һ
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H h
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as in hat
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Ц ц
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C c
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as in its
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Ч ч
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Ç ç
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as in check
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Ш ш
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Ş ş
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as in passion
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Щ щ
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ŞŞ şş
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as in she
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Ъ ъ
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hard sign
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hard sign, in Russian words only
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Ы ы
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I ı
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as in around
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І і
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İ i
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as in till
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Ь ь
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soft sign
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soft sign, in Russian words only
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Э э
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EE ee
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as in English words end, n Russian words only
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Ю ю
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YU yu
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as in yule
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Я я
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YA ya
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as in yah
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