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Transliteration Table

This paper will reproduce the Cyrillic spelling of Russian words in terms of Latin letters. Transliteration assigns a letter (or combination of letters) to each character of the Cyrillic alphabet

А	а	A	a	П	п	P	p
Б	б	B	b	Р	р	R	r
В	в	V	v	С	с	S	s
Г	г	G	g	Т	т	T	t
Д	д	D	d	У	у	U	u
Е	е	E	e*	Ф	ф	F	f
Ё	ё	Yo	yo	Х	х	Kh	kh
Ж	ж	Zh	zh	Ц	ц	Ts	ts
З	з	Z	z	Ч	ч	Ch	ch
И	и	I	i	Ш	ш	Sh	sh
Й	й	I	i**	Щ	щ	SHCH	shch
К	к	K	k		ъ		" [hard sign] ***
Л	л	L	l		ы		y
М	м	M	m		ь		` [soft sign]***
Н	н	N	n	Э	э	E	e*
О	о	O	o	Ю	ю	Yu	yu
				Я	я	Ya	ya

* The letter Э is infrequently used. The letter Е is very common. In English there is no such sound distinction.

** The И and Й are basically the same sound, but the Й is shorter.

*** The hard sign and the soft sign have no sound of their own. They influence the quality of the preceding sound.

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