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The Russian spelling alphabet is a spelling alphabet (or "phonetic alphabet") for Russian, i.e. a set of names given to the alphabet letters for the purpose of unambiguous verbal spelling. It is used primarily by the Russian army, navy and the police. The large majority of the identifiers are common individual first names, with a handful of ordinary nouns and grammatical identifiers also. A good portion of the letters also have an accepted alternative name.

Alphabet

The letter words are as follows:[1]

Letter Name Pronunciation Romanization/Translation Accepted variant Pronunciation Romanization/Translation
А Анна [ˈanːə] Anna Антон [ɐnˈton] Anton
Б Борис [bɐˈrʲis] Boris
В Василий [vɐˈsʲilʲɪj] Vasily
Г Григорий [ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲɪj] Gregory Галина [ɡɐˈlʲinə] Galina
Д Дмитрий [ˈdmʲitrʲɪj] Dmitri
Е Елена[2] [jɪˈlʲɛnə] Yelena Ёлка [ˈjolkə] Yolka ('spruce')
Ё
Ж Женя [ˈʐenʲə] Zhenya ('Gene') жук [ˈʐuk] zhuk ('beetle')
З Зинаида [zʲɪnɐˈidə] Zinaida Зоя [ˈzojə] Zoya
И Иван [ɪˈvan] Ivan
Й Иван краткий [ɪˈvan ˈkratkʲɪj] Ivan kratkiy ('short Ivan') йот [ˈjot] yot ('jot')
К Константин [kənstɐnʲˈtʲin] Konstantin киловатт [kʲɪlɐˈvat] kilovatt ('kilowatt')
Л Леонид [lʲɪɐˈnʲit] Leonid
М Михаил [mʲɪxɐˈil] Mikhail Мария [mɐˈrʲijə] Mariya
Н Николай [nʲɪkɐˈlaj] Nikolai
О Ольга [ˈolʲɡə] Olga
П Павел [ˈpavʲɪl] Pavel
Р Роман [rɐˈman] Roman радио [ˈradʲɪo] radio ('radio')
С Семён [sʲɪˈmʲɵn] Semyon ('Simon') Сергей [sʲɪˈrɡʲej] Sergei
Т Татьяна [tɐˈtʲjanə] Tatyana Тамара [tɐˈmarə] Tamara
У Ульяна [ʊˈlʲjanə] Ulyana
Ф Фёдор [ˈfʲɵdər] Fyodor
Х Харитон [xərʲɪˈton] Khariton
Ц цапля [ˈtsaplʲə] tsaplya ('heron') центр [ˈtsɛntr] tsentr ('center')
Ч человек [tɕɪlɐˈvʲɛk] chelovek ('human')
Ш Шура [ˈʂurə] Shura
Щ щука [ˈɕːukə] shchuka ('pike')
Ъ твёрдый знак [ˈtvʲɵrdɨj znak] tvyordiy znak ('hard sign')
Ы еры [jɪˈrɨ] yery ('old name for the letter Ы') игрек [ˈiɡrʲɪk] i grik ('Greek I')
Ь мягкий знак [ˈmʲæxʲkʲɪj znak] myagkiy znak ('soft sign') знак [ˈznak] znak ('sign')
Э эхо [ˈɛxə] ekho ('echo') Эмма [ˈɛmə] Emma
Ю Юрий [ˈjʉrʲɪj] Yuri
Я Яков [ˈjakəf] Yakov

Numbers

Number Name Transliteration Translation Distinguish from
50 полсотни polsotni 'half-hundred' 60
полста polsta
12 дюжина dyuzhina 'dozen' 13

See also

References

  1. ^ The words for those letters of the Russian alphabet that correspond to letters of the basic Latin alphabet can be found in: Об утверждении федеральных авиационных правил «Порядок осуществления радиосвязи в воздушном пространстве Российской Федерации» (Приказ Минтранса России от 26.09.2012 № 362) (rtf document)
  2. ^ In the official letter names, no distinction is made between the letters ⟨Е⟩ and ⟨Ё⟩.

Sources

  • Yuri Baltin. "Russkij Kod Bukva-Slovo (Русский код буква-слово)" (in Russian).
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