Erzya Language - Writing

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).

The highlighted letters were used in loanwords from Russian only, with the specification that the soft sign ь appearing after non-alveolar consonants is a sign of loan words.
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:

a в c ç d ә e f g y i j k l m n o p r s ş t u v x z ƶ ь

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