List of Cyrillic multigraphs

The following multigraphs are used in the Cyrillic script. The palatalized consonants of Russian and other languages written as C-⟨ь⟩ are mostly predictable and therefore not included here unless they are irregular. Likewise, in the languages of the Caucasus, there are numerous other predictable multigraphs that are not included. These include doubled letters (or whole digraphs) that indicate 'tense' ('strong') consonants and long vowels; sequences with ⟨в⟩, ⟨у⟩, ⟨ә⟩ for labialized consonants; and sequences with ӏ or ⟨ъ⟩ for ejective consonants or pharyngealized consonants and vowels. Tatar also has discontinuous digraphs. See Cyrillic digraphs for examples.

АEdit

аа:

ааӏ:

ан:

аь:

аӏ:

ВEdit

вь:

ГEdit

гв:

гг:

гу:

гў:

гъ:

гъв:

гъу:

гъь:

гъӏ:

гъӏв:

гь:

гә:

гӏ:

гӏв:

ӶEdit

ӷь:

ӷә:

ДEdit

дж

джв

джь

дз

дзу:

дч:

дь:

дә:

ЕEdit

ее

ееӏ

еӏ

ЁEdit

ён:

ёь:

ЖEdit

жв

жд:

  • Russian: usually not a digraph, and pronounced [ʐd] (palatalized to [ʐdʲ] before ⟨ь⟩ and palatalizing vowels). However, in the word дождь ("rain") and its derivatives, the conservative Moscow pronunciation uses the sound [ʑː] (devoiced to [ɕː] in the nominative singular of дождь). The unpalatalized pronunciation [ʐː] in these words (unlike words with жж or зж) is uncommon and considered nonstandard.

жж:

  • Russian: usually not a digraph, and pronounced [ʐː]. However, the conservative Moscow pronunciation uses the sound [ʑː] (though this is becoming increasingly outdated).[1]

жч:

жъ:

жъу:

жь:

жә:

ЗEdit

зв :

зж

  • Russian: [ʐː] (regular) or [ʑː] (conservative Moscow pronunciation) (though this is a predictable effect of assimilation, and therefore not a true digraph)

зч:

ӠEdit

ӡә:

ИEdit

ии :

ииӏ :

ий:

иӏ :

ЙEdit

йх:

КEdit

кв:

кк:

ккв:

ккх:

ккъ:

ккъӏ:

ккъӏв:

ку:

кх:

 
Trigraph Кхъ

кхъ

кхъу

къ:

къв:

къу:

къь:

къӏ:

къӏв:

кь:

кьв:

кә:

кӏ:

кӏв:

кӏкӏ:

кӏу:

кӏь:

кʼ:

ҚEdit

қь:

қә:

ҞEdit

ҟь:

ҟә:

ӃEdit

ӄʼ:

ЛEdit

ллъ:

ллъв:

лх:

лъ:

лъв:

лълъ:

ль:

лӏ :

лӏв :

НEdit

нг: нг:

нъ:

нь:

ҢEdit

ңв:

ОEdit

ов:

ое:

он:

оо :

ооӏ :

оь:

оӏ :

ПEdit

пп

пъ:

пӏ :

пӏу :

пʼ:

РEdit

рх:

рхӏ:

СEdit

св:

сж:

сс:

сщ:

ТEdit

тв :

тл :

тт:

тч:

тш:

тъ:

тә:

тӏ:

тӏв :

тӏу:

тʼ:

ҬEdit

ҭә:

УEdit

ув:

уо:

уу :

ууӏ :

уь:

уьй:

уӏ :

ҮEdit

үй:

ФEdit

фф:

фӏ:

ХEdit

хв:

ху:

хх:

ххв:

ххьӏ:

ххьӏв:

хъ:

хъв:

хъу:

хъӏ:

хъӏв:

хь:

хьв:

хьхь:

хьӏ:

хьӏв:

хә:

хӏ:

хӏв:

ҲEdit

ҳә:

ЦEdit

цв :

цз:

цу:

цц:

ццӏ:

цъ:

цә:

цӏ:

цӏв :

цӏцӏ:

ҴEdit

ҵә:

ЧEdit

чв:

чж:

чч:

чъ:

чӏ:

чӏв:

чӏчӏ:

чʼ:

ЏEdit

џь:

ШEdit

шв:

шч:

шъ:

шъу:

шь:

шә:

шӏ:

шӏу:

ЩEdit

щв:

щӏ:

ЫEdit

ыӏ:

ЭEdit

эй:

эр:

ээ:

ээӏ:

эӏ:

ЮEdit

юй:

юь:

ЯEdit

ян:

яь:

ӏEdit

ӏу:

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Yanushevskaya, Irena; Bunčić, Daniel (2015), "Russian", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 45 (2): 224, doi:10.1017/S0025100314000395