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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