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, 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/ |
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/ |
Cursive Gaj's letters are also similar to English, but Serbian cursive Cyrillic letters look like this:
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| Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Serbian_Cyrillic_Cursive.png |

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