Wednesday, December 11, 2013

SERBIAN ALPHABETS

Serbs have two official letters: ĆIRILICA (Cyrillic script) and GLAGOLJICA (Glagolitic or Gaj's Latin script). Serbian (also Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin) Glagolitic alphabet is similar to English apart from a couple of letters that Serbs do not have and vice verse.

Gaj's Latin Script

Letter IPA Letter IPA Letter IPA
A, a /a/ G, g /ɡ/ O, o /o/
B, b /b/ H, h /x/ P, p /p/
C, c /ts/ I, i /i/ R, r /r/
Č, č /tʃ/ J, j /j/ S, s /s/
Ć, ć /tɕ/ K, k /k/ Š, š /ʃ/
D, d /d/ L, l /l/ T, t /t/
, dž /dʒ/ Lj, lj /ʎ/ U, u /u/
Đ, đ or Dj,dj /dʑ/ M, m /m/ V, v /ʋ/
E, e /e/ N, n /n/ Z, z /z/
F, f /f/ Nj, nj /ɲ/ Ž, ž /ʒ/
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaj%27s_Latin_alphabet


Serbian Cyrillic Script


Cyrillic alphabet
IPA value
А а
/a/
Б б
/b/
В в
/ʋ/
Г г
/ɡ/
Д д
/d/
Ђ ђ
/dʑ/
Е е
/ɛ/
Ж ж
/ʒ/
З з
/z/
И и
/i/
Ј ј
/j/
К к
/k/
Л л
/l/
Љ љ
/ʎ/
М м
/m/
Н н
/n/
Њ њ
/ɲ/
О о
/ɔ/
П п
/p/
Р р
/r/
С с
/s/
Т т
/t/
Ћ ћ
/tɕ/
У у
/u/
Ф ф
/f/
Х х
/x/
Ц ц
/ts/
Ч ч
/tʃ/
Џ џ
/dʒ/
Ш ш
/ʃ/
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_Cyrillic_alphabet


Cursive Gaj's letters are also similar to English, but Serbian cursive Cyrillic letters look like this:

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Serbian_Cyrillic_Cursive.png





























































































































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