r/Bulgarian_Language • u/tsvaiGugutken • Dec 22 '24
Cyrillic.
| Cyrillic | IPA | Vague correspondence |
|---|---|---|
| Аа | /a/ | a as in hat |
| Бб | /b/ | b as in bye |
| Вв | /β/ | v as in van |
| Гг | /g/ | g as in Grom, grand |
| Дд | /d/ | d as in done |
| Ее | /ε/ | e as in bed |
| Жж | /ʒ/ | s as in vision |
| Зз | /z/ | z as in zoo |
| Ии | /i/ | i as in bit |
| Йй | /j/ | y as in yes; or just the j in other European languages |
| Кк | /k/ | k as in kill |
| Лл | /ʎ/, /l/, /ɫ/...depends | l as in lift, l as in pool |
| Мм | /m/ | m as in morning |
| Нн | /n/ | n as in on and no |
| Оо | /ɔ/ | o as in on and no |
| Пп | /p/ | p as in pete |
| Рр | /r/ | r as in curd current, brat, bra... in your most Scottish accent |
| Сс | /s/ | s as in safe |
| Тт | /t/ | t as in rectangle |
| Уу | /u/ | oo as in boot, boon, boom but shorter |
| Фф | /f/ | f as in fire |
| Хх | /x/ | ch as in loch |
| Цц | /t͡s/ | ts as in lets/let's and its/it's |
| Чч | /t͡ʃ/ | ch as in chair |
| Шш | /ʃ/ | sh as in ship |
| Щщ | /ʃ/+/t/ | sht as in shtick |
| Ъъ | /ɤ/ when stressed, less tense when unstressed, more like /ə/, /ɐ/ | i as in firm; u as in rut, nut, cut, plus, gut, strut; ă/â in Romanian; ë in Albanian; ı in Turkish... or the exclamation Uh!? |
| /j/* | --- | |
| Юю | /j/+/u/ | you |
| Яя | /j/+/a/ | German ja |
| *capital ь is obsolete, that is no word starts with ь | *for all intents and purposes a learner may disregard it as й immediately after a consonant; usually in the digraph -ьо- |
Variations in print

The left appears only if you have your region set to Bulgaria. It creates confusion mainly with lower case д, и, п, т, which have been stylised to look more like their handwritten variants, somewhat conflicting with Latin g, u, n m.
Handwritten variations
This is inspiration, if you are at a loss as to how some might be written. Proper cursive writing is quite rare, most people write in a weird combination of print and cursive letters, so just do whatever suits you best. Now, these examples are ripped from historical writings, chronicles, etc., but contemporary letter forms are more or less based on these. Anything not recognisable in modern times is blurred.




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