The Russian Language and Alphabet
Alphabet Introduction | Letters identical to English | Letters like English | Familiar Sounds | All Different | Reading Signs | Reading a Menu | Colours in Russian | Numbers in Russian
The seven letters which look like English ones but are pronounced differently
Listen to
the words as you read:
| В в | v | as in van |
| Е е | ye | as in yesterday |
| Н н | n | as in name |
| Р р | r | as in error |
| С с | s | as in smile |
| У у | u | as in cool |
| Х х | h | as in loch |
