Writing
The modern Erzya alphabet is the same as for Russian:
| А /a/ |
Б /b/ |
В /v/ |
Г /ɡ/ |
Д /d/ |
Е /je/ |
Ё /jo/ |
Ж /ʒ/ |
З /z/ |
И /i/ |
Й /j/ |
| К /k/ |
Л /l/ |
М /m/ |
Н /n/ |
О /o/ |
П /p/ |
Р /r/ |
С /s/ |
Т /t/ |
У /u/ |
Ф /f/ |
| Х /x/ |
Ц /t͡s/ |
Ч /t͡ʃ/ |
Ш /ʃ/ |
Щ /ʃt͡ʃ/ |
Ъ /-/ |
Ы /ɨ/ |
Ь /◌ʲ/ |
Э /e/ |
Ю /ju/ |
Я /ja/ |
The pre-1929 version of the Erzya alphabet included the additional letter Cyrillic ligature En Ge (Ҥ ҥ) in some publications, (cf. Evsevyev 1928).
| А /a/ |
Б /b/ |
В /v/ |
Г /ɡ/ |
Д /d/ |
Е /je/ |
Ё /jo/ |
Ж /ʒ/ |
З /z/ |
И /i/ |
Й /j/ |
К /k/ |
| Л /l/ |
М /m/ |
Н /n/ |
нг /ŋ/ |
О /o/ |
П /p/ |
Р /r/ |
С /s/ |
Т /t/ |
У /u/ |
Ф /f/ |
Х /x/ |
| Ц /t͡s/ |
Ч /t͡ʃ/ |
Ш /ʃ/ |
Щ /ʃt͡ʃ/ |
Ъ /-/ |
Ы /ɨ/ |
Ь /◌ʲ/ |
Э /e/ |
Ю /ju/ |
Я /ja/ |
ä /æ/ |
ə /ə/ |
A Latin alphabet was officially approved by the government of Nizhne-Volzhskiy Kray in 1932, but it was never used:
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Famous quotes containing the word writing:
“Writing is not like painting where you add. It is not what you put on the canvas that the reader sees. Writing is more like a sculpture where you remove, you eliminate in order to make the work visible. Even those pages you remove somehow remain.”
—Elie Wiesel (b. 1928)
“The writer who loses his self-doubt, who gives way as he grows old to a sudden euphoria, to prolixity, should stop writing immediately: the time has come for him to lay aside his pen.”
—Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)
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—Jessamyn West (1902–1984)