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The Macedonian Alphabet
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Letter | Pronunciation | Note |
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A a | [a] | like "a" in "arc" |
Б б | [b] | like "b" in "brother" |
В в | [v] | like "v" in "vest" |
Г г | [g] | like "g" in "go" |
Д д | [d] | like "d" in "day" |
Ѓ ѓ | [gy] | like "gy" in "gear" |
E e | [e] | like "e" in "bed", or like "ea" in "head" |
Ж ж | [zh] | like "s" in "pleasure", or "zh" in foreign names (Russian, Chinese, etc.) such as "Zhivago" |
З з | [z] | like "z" in "zeal", or like "s" in "reason" |
Ѕ ѕ | [dz] | like "ds" in "kids" |
И и | [i] | like "e" in "he", or like "y" in "lorry", "factory" |
J j | [y] | like "y" in yes" |
К к | [k] | like "k" in "key", or like "c" in "cat" |
Л л | [l] | like "l" in "love" |
Љ љ | [ly] | like "ll" in "million", "brilliant", |
М м | [m] | like "m" In "mother", "milk" |
Н н | [n] | like "n" in "no", or "kn" in "knob" |
Њ њ | [ny] | like "n" in "news", "onion" |
О о | [o] | like "o" in "not", "hot", "spot" |
П п | [p] | like "p" in "pot" |
Р р | [r] | roiled, rhotic "r", like "r" in Scottish, Irish and some rural English dialects |
С с | [s] | like "s" in "stop", or "ss" in "bless", or like "c" in "cell" |
Т т | [t] | like "t" in "top", |
Ќ ќ | [ky] | like "q" in "queue" |
У у | [oo] | like "oo" in "food" |
Ф ф | [f] | like "f" in "fast", or like "ph" in "photo" |
Х х | [h] | like "h" in "huge", or like "ch" in "loch" |
Ц ц | [ts] | like 'ts" in "cats" |
Ч ч | [ch] | like "ch" in "church" |
Џ џ | [j] | like "j" in "John", "jungle" |
Ш ш | [sh] | like "sh" in "shy", or like "s" in "sure" |