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THE LETTERS OF THE MACEDONIAN ALPHABET


The Macedonian Cyrillic alphabet has 31 letters that correspond to the 31 sounds (5 vowels and 26 consonants).


The Letters of the Macedonian alphabet are:


А а , Б б , В в , Г г , Д д , Ѓ ѓ , Е е , Ж ж , З з , Ѕ ѕ , И и ,

Ј ј , К к , Л л , Љ љ , М м , Н н , Њ њ , О о , П п , Р р ,

С с , Т т , Ќ ќ , У у , Ф ф , Х х , Ц ц , Ч ч , Џ џ , Ш ш .




PRONUNCIATION


THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE VOWELS


The vowels а, е, и, о, у are pronounced like their English equivalents in the following words:


Macedonian Cyrillic Latin equivalent Pronunciation
А A татко - tatko - father ... like a in father
Е E метал - metal - metal ... like e in metal
И I има - ima - has ... like i in image or ee in see
О O око - oko - eye ... like o in cold
У U утре - utre - tomorrow ... like oo in food



NOTE: The consonant Р (latin equivalent: R) in some positions in a word has a vowel function. In some of those positions, when a word begins with р or when there is a vowel before the р, then the letter р is writen using the sign " ' " before it: 'р. When р (latin equivalent: r) has a vowel function it sounds much like the middle sound in the English words work, girl, bird or serve, but the macedonian r is not silent.

For example, the consonant Р has a vowel function in these words:
прст /prst/ - finger > pronunciation: something like perst (pirst) ; like ir in English first
прв /prv/ - first > pronunciation: something like perv
дрво /drvo/ - tree > pronunciation: something like dervo
четврток /chetvrtok/ - Thursday > pronunciation: something like chet-ver-talk
'рж /'rzh/ - rye > pronunciation: something like erzh
'рбет /'rbet/ - back, backbone > pronunciation: something like erbet
за'ржи /za'rzhi/ - to start neighing > pronunciation: something like zah-er-zhee







_{*All information compliments of Learn Macedonian website.}

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