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Wednesday 29 July 2009

Bulgarian Alphabet and Language

Dont say that this blog isn't educational.Here is the first of a series of posts to deal with language issues.We start with the Bulgarian alphabet:

Bulgarian Alphabet ISO 9 IPA Name of Letter English equivalent
А а A a /a/ a a like the u in "under"
Б б B b /b/ бъ b like in "bug"
В в V v /v/ въ v like in "vet"
Г г G g /ɡ/ гъ g like in "god"
Д д D d /d/ дъ d like in "dog"
Е е E e /ɛ/ е e like in "best"
Ж ж Ž ž /ʒ/ жъ s like in "treasure"
З з Z z /z/ зъ z like in "zoo"
И и I i /i/ и ee like in "see"
Й й J j /j/ и кратко y like in "yes"
К к K k /k/ къ 
c like in "cat"
Л л L l /l/, /ʎ/ лъ 
l like in "line" and "call"
М м M m /m/ мъ m like in "man"
Н н N n /n/ нъ n like in "normal"
О о O o /ɔ/ о o like in "not"
П п P p /p/ пъ p like in "pet"
Р р R r /r/ ръ r like in "restaurant"
С с S s /s/ съ s like in "sound"
Т т T t /t/ тъ t like in "top"
У у U u /u/ у w like in "wet"
Ф ф F f /f/ фъ f like in "food"
Х х H h /x/ хъ h like in "hat"
Ц ц C c /ts/ цъ ts like in "fits"
Ч ч Č č /tʃ/ чъ ch like in "chip"
Ш ш Š š /ʃ/ шъ sh like in "shot"
Щ щ Ŝ ŝ /ʃt/ щъ sht like in "shtick"
Ъ ъ ʺ /ə/ ер голям u like in "fur"
Ь ь ʹ /ʲ/ ер малък combined with <о> as ьо, for a pronunciation like yo in "yoyo" 

less often with e as ьe, prounced like ye in "yet"
Ю ю Û û /ju/ ю u like in "menu"
Я я Â â /ja/ я ya like in "yarn"

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