( August 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This section needs additional citations for verification. However, in modern Russian six consonant phonemes do not have phonemically distinct "soft" and "hard" variants (except in foreign proper names) and do not change "softness" in the presence of other letters: /ʐ/, /ʂ/ and /ts/ are always hard /j/, /ɕː/ and /tɕ/ are always soft.
A soft sign indicates ⟨ Ь⟩ palatalization of the preceding consonant without adding a vowel. If consonant letters are followed by vowel letters, the soft/hard quality of the consonant depends on whether the vowel is meant to follow "hard" consonants ⟨ а, о, э, у, ы⟩ or "soft" consonants ⟨ я, ё, е, ю, и⟩ see below. ^† An alternative form of the letter El ( Л л) closely resembles the Greek letter lambda ( Λ λ).Ĭonsonant letters represent both "soft" ( palatalized, represented in the IPA with a ⟨ ʲ⟩) and "hard" consonant phonemes. (called "soft sign") silent, palatalizes the preceding consonant (if phonologically possible) (called "hard sign") silent, prevents palatalization of the preceding consonant Similar to a double "sh" as in pu sh ships The modern Russian alphabet consists of 33 letters. Initially an old variant of the Bulgarian alphabet, it became used in the Kievan Rus' since the 10th century to write what would become the Russian language. russkaya azbuka, IPA: ) was derived from Cyrillic script for Old Church Slavonic language. russkiy alfavit, IPA: or, more traditionally, Russian: ру́сская а́збука, tr. For the distinction between, / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For web browsing, Firefox seems to be able to read the widest variety of Russian pages.Problems playing this file? See media help. We recommend that you use Microsoft Office 2004 or above as it supports Unicode. When you restart your computer, you will be able to use your new Cyrillic fonts. Select the top font, hold down the shift key, and select the rest of the fonts. Open the single folder with the Russian name. Now in the left corner of the window, select Cyrillic Fonts Pack with a white disk drive icon. Go to the File menu and select Add Fonts. Open Font Book, located in the Applications folder.Now a disk image will appear on your desktop called Cyrillic Fonts Pack. Wait until it is finished unpacking and double click on the new icon, CyrFontsPackv1.1.dmg. Once it has finished downloading, double click on CyrFontsPack_v1.1.dmg.bin.
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You will now be able to type in Russian by selecting the US Flag icon in the top right corner of your toolbar and switching to Russian.
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These instructions will help a Macintosh user to install the necessary software for working with Cyrillic Text. Because there are no universal standards for how Latin-based computers deal with Cyrillic, it is necessary for all people involved to be using the same standards in order to exchange text electronically.
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To write and exchange documents in Russian or other Cyrillic languages on a Mac requires more than just installing a font. Search the Help Desk Search Russify Your Mac SenusAccess (accesible document converter).