Description
All but one of the letters of this alphabet can be found in the modern Russian alphabet, the exception being the character zhe (ж) with breve: Ӂ ӂ (U+04C1, U+04C2).
The following chart shows the Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet compared with the Latin alphabet currently in use.
| Cyrillic letter: | Equates to Latin letter: | Name | As employed in this context: | IPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| а | a | а | /a/ | |
| б | b | бе | /b/ | |
| в | v | ве | /v/ | |
| г | g, gh | ге | gh used before i or e, elsewhere g | /ɡ/ |
| д | d | де | /d/ | |
| е | e, ie | е | ie after a vowel or if it alternates with ia, elsewhere e | /e/, /je/ |
| ж | j | же | /ʒ/ | |
| ӂ | g | ӂе | Before i and e | /dʒ/ |
| з | z | зе | /z/ | |
| и | i, ii | и | ii used at end of word, i elsewhere | /i/ |
| й | i | "и" скурт | before and after vowels | /j/ |
| к | c, ch | ка | ch before i and e, c elsewhere | /k/ |
| л | l | ле | /l/ | |
| м | m | ме | /m/ | |
| н | n | не | /n/ | |
| о | o | о | /o/ | |
| п | p | пе | /p/ | |
| р | r | ре | /r/ | |
| с | s | се | /s/ | |
| т | t | те | /t/ | |
| у | u | у | /u/ | |
| ф | f | фе | /f/ | |
| х | h | ха | /h/ | |
| ц | ţ | це | /ts/ | |
| ч | c | че | Before i and e | /tʃ/ |
| ш | ş | ше | /ʃ/ | |
| ы | â, î | ы | â in middle of word, î at beginning and end of word | /ɨ/ |
| ь | i | семнул моале | At end of word (usually) | /ʲ/ (i.e. palatalization of preceding consonant) |
| э | ă | э | /ə/ | |
| ю | iu | ю | /ju/, /ʲu/ | |
| я | ea, ia | я | ea after a consonant or е, ia elsewhere | /ja/, /ʲa/ |
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