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Serbian Cyrillic alphabet is called Azbuka , and it has 30 letters:

Letter Pronunciation Note

A a [a] like "a" in "arc" [b] like "b" in "brother"

[v] like "v" in "vest" [g] like "g" in "go"

[d] like "d" in "day" [dy] like "dy" in "would you", or "j" with the top of the tongue slightly forwardE e [e] like "e" in "bed", or like "ea" in "head"

[zh] like "s" in "pleasure", or "zh" in foreign names (Russian, Chinese, etc.) such as"Zhivago" [z] like "z" in "zeal", or like "s" in "reason" [i] like "e" in "he", or like "y" ih "lorry", "factory"

J j [y] like "y" in yes" [k] like "k" in "key", or like "c" in "cat" [l] like "l" in "love"

[ly] like "ll" in "million", "brilliant", [m] like "m" In "mother", "milk" [n] like "n" in "no", or "kn" in "knob"

[ny] like "n" in "news", "onion" [o] like "o" in "not", "hot", "spot" [p] like "p" in "pot" [r] roiled, rhotic "r", like "r" in Scottish, Irish and some rural English dialects [s] like "s" in "stop", or "ss" in "bless", or like "c" in "cell" [t] like "t" in "top", [ty] like "ty" in "get you", or like "ch" with the top of the tongue slightly forward [oo] like "oo" in "food" [f] like "f" in "fast", or like "ph" in "photo" [h] like "h" in "huge", or like "ch" in "loch" [ts] like 'ts" in "cats"

[ch] like "ch" in "church" [j] like "j" in "John", "jungle" [sh] like "sh" in "shy", or like "s" in "sure"

Totally identical alphabet is used in Bosnian language. Macedonian alphabet instead of letters

and uses the letters and , and it also has one additional letter, and that is S s.

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Letters from the Serbian Latin alphabet ( ) are equivalent to those Cyrillic, only written in a different way.

In addition, they have the different order in the alphabet. The Serbian Latin Alphabet is created by Croatian

linguist Ljudevit Gaj . Completely the same alphabet is used by Bosnian and Serbian languages. The Serbian

Latin alphabet is called Abeceda . NOTES: Letters d , lj , and nj are made up of two letters. However, they are

pronounced as one single letter. Letter is sometimes written as dj .

A B E C E D A /

Letter Cyrillicequivalent Pronunciation Note

A a A a [a] like "a" in "arc"B b [b] like "b" in "brother"C c [ts] like 'ts" in "cats" [ch] like "ch" in "church"

[ty] like "ty" in "get you", or like "ch" with the top of the tongueslightly forwardD d [d] like "d" in "day"

D d [j] like "j" in "John", "jungle"

[dy] like "dy" in "would you", or "j" with the top of the tongueslightly forwardE e [e] like "e" in "bed", or like "ea" in "head"F f [f] like "f" in "fast", or like "ph" in "photo"G g [g] like "g" in "go"H h [h] like "h" in "huge", or like "ch" in "loch"I i [i] like "e" in "he", or like "y" ih "lorry", "factory"J j [y] like "y" in yes"K k [k] like "k" in "key", or like "c" in "cat"L l [l] like "l" in "love"Lj lj [ll] like "ll" in "million", "brilliant",M m [m] like "m" In "mother", "milk"N n [n] like "n" in "no", or "kn" in "knob"

Nj nj [ny] like "n" in "news", "onion"O o [o] like "o" in "not", "hot", "spot"P p [p] like "p" in "pot"

R r [r] roiled, rhotic "r", like "r" in Scottish, Irish and some ruralEnglish dialectsS s [s] like "s" in "stop", or "ss" in "bless", or like "c" in "cell" [sh] like "sh" in "shy", or like "s" in "sure"T t [t] like "t" in "top",U u [oo] like "oo" in "food"V v [v] like "v" in "vest"Z z [z] like "z" in "zeal", or like "s" in "reason"

[zh] like "s" in "pleasure", or "zh" in foreign names (Russian,Chinese, etc.) such as "Zhivago"

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