Introduction
The Cyrillic script is a writing system which was developed during the late 9th century in the Preslav Literary School of the First Bulgarian Empire by the disciples of Cyril and Methodius - creators of the Glagolitic script. It was historically used for writing Old Church Slavonic and still remains in use for writing Church Slavonic. Additionally, variations of the Cyrillic script are currently used by around 250 million people in Eurasia as the official scripts for their national languages.
The Cyrillic Alphabet
| Letter | Name | IPA |
|---|---|---|
| А а | аꙁъ | /ɑː/ |
| Б б | бѹкꙑ | /b/ |
| В в | вѣдѣ | /v/ |
| Г г | глаголи | /g/ |
| Д д | добро | /d̪/ |
| Є є, Е е | єсть | /ɛ̠/ |
| Ж ж | живѣтє | /ʒ/ |
| Ꙃ ꙃ, Ѕ ѕ | ꙃѣло | /d̪︠z̪︡/ |
| Ꙁ ꙁ, З з | ꙁемл҄ꙗ | /z̪/ ~ /z/ |
| И и | иже | /i/ ~ /j/ |
| Ї ї, І і | и | /i/ ~ /j/ |
| К к | како | /k/ |
| Л л | людїѥ | /ɫ̪/, sometimes /ʎ/ |
| М м | мꙑслитє | /m/ |
| Н н | нашь | /n̪/, sometimes /ɲ/ |
| О о | онъ | /ɔ/ |
| П п | покои | /p/ |
| Ҁ ҁ | коппа | none |
| Р р | рьци | /r/, sometimes /rʲ/ |
| С с | слово | /s̪/ |
| Т т | тврьдо | /t̪/ |
| Ѹ ѹ, Ꙋ ꙋ | ѹкъ | /u/ |
| Ф ф | фрьтъ | /f/ |
| Х х | хѣръ | /x/ |
| Ѡ ѡ | ѡтъ, омега | /ɔ/ |
| Ѿ ѿ | ѡтъ (ѿъ) | /ɔt̪/ |
| Ц ц | ци | t̪͡s̪ |
| Ч ч | чьрвь | /t͡ʃ/ |
| Ш ш | ша | /ʃ/ |
| Щ щ | ща | /ʃt̪/ |
| Ъ ъ | ѥръ | /ʊ/ ~ /ʊ̆/ |
| ЪЇ ъї | ѥрꙑ | /ɨ/ ~ /ɯ/ |
| Ь ь | ѥрь | /ɪ/ ~ /ɪ̆/ |
| Ѣ ѣ | ѣть | /æ/ |
| Ꙗ ꙗ | ꙗ | /jɑː/ ~ /jæː/ |
| Ѥ ѥ | ѥ | /jɛ/ |
| Ю ю | ю | /ju/ |
| Ѫ ѫ, Ꙛ ꙛ | ѫсъ | /ɔ̃/ |
| Ѭ ѭ | ѭсъ | /jɔ̃/ |
| Ѧ ѧ, Ꙙ ꙙ | ѧнъ | /ɛ̃/ |
| Ѩ ѩ, Ꙝ ꙝ | ѩсъ | /jɛ̃/ |
| Ѯ ѯ | ѯи | /ks̪/ |
| Ѱ ѱ | ѱи | /ps̪/ |
| Ѳ ѳ | ѳита | /t̪/ or /f/, possibly /θ/ |
| Ѵ ѵ | ѷжица | /i/, /v/, possibly /y/ |
The original Cyrillic script did not have lowercase letters.