Yakut Language - Writing System

Writing System

Sakha is written using the Cyrillic script: the modern Sakha alphabet, established in 1939 by the Soviet Union, consists of the usual Russian characters but with 5 additional letters: Ҕҕ, Ҥҥ, Өө, Һһ, Үү.

Сахалыы сурук-бичигэ Saxalii suruk-bichige (Sakha alphabet)

Letter Name IPA Note Official Latin
А а а /a/ A a
Б б бэ /b/ B b
В в вэ /v/ found only in Russian loanwords V v
Г г гэ /ɡ/ G g
Ҕ ҕ ҕэ /ɣ, ʁ/ G‘ g‘
Д д дэ /d/ D d
Дь дь дьэ /ɟ/ D‘ d‘
Е е е /e, je/ found only in Russian loanwords Ye ye or e
Ё ё ё /jo/ found only in Russian loanwords Yo yo
Ж ж жэ /ʒ/ found only in Russian loanwords J j
З з зэ /z/ found only in Russian loanwords Z z
И и и /i/ I i
Й й йот /j, ȷ̃/ Nasalization of the glide is not indicated in the orthography Y y
К к ка /k, q/ K k or Q q
Л л эл /l/ L l
М м эм /m/ M m
Н н эн /n/ N n
Ҥ ҥ эҥ /ŋ/ Ng ng
Нь нь эньэ /ɲ/ N‘ n‘
О о о /o/ O o
Ө ө ө /ø/ O‘ o‘
П п пэ /p/ P p
Р р эр /ɾ/ R r
С с эс /s/ S s
Һ һ һэ /h/ H h
Т т тэ /t/ T t
У у у /u/ U u
Ү ү ү /y/ U‘ u‘
Ф ф эф /f/ found only in Russian loanwords F f
Х х ха /x/ X x
Ц ц цэ /ts/ found only in Russian loanwords Ts ts
Ч ч че /c/ Ch ch
Ш ш ша /ʃ/ found only in Russian loanwords Sh sh
Щ щ ща /ɕː/ found only in Russian loanwords Shch shch
Ъ ъ кытаатыннарар бэлиэ /◌./ found only in Russian loanwords '
Ы ы ы /ɯ/ I i
Ь ь сымнатыы бэлиэтэ /◌ʲ/ found only in Russian loanwords
Э э э /e/ E e
Ю ю ю /ju/ found only in Russian loanwords Yu yu
Я я я /ja/ found only in Russian loanwords Ya ya

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