Russian spelling alphabet

The Russian spelling alphabet is a spelling alphabet (or "phonetic alphabet") for Russian, i.e. a set of names given to the alphabet letters for the purpose of unambiguous verbal spelling. It is used primarily by the Russian army, navy and the police. The large majority of the identifiers are common individual first names, with a handful of ordinary nouns and grammatical identifiers also. A good portion of the letters also have an accepted alternative name.

Alphabet

The letter words are as follows:^[1]

Letter	Name	Pronunciation	Romanization/Translation	Accepted variant	Pronunciation	Romanization/Translation
А	Анна	[ˈanːə]	Anna	Антон	[ɐnˈton]	Anton
Б	Борис	[bɐˈrʲis]	Boris
В	Василий	[vɐˈsʲilʲɪj]	Vasily
Г	Григорий	[ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲɪj]	Gregory	Галина	[ɡɐˈlʲinə]	Galina
Д	Дмитрий	[ˈdmʲitrʲɪj]	Dmitri
Е	Елена^[2]	[jɪˈlʲɛnə]	Yelena	Ёлка	[ˈjolkə]	Yolka ('spruce')
Ё	Елена^[2]	[jɪˈlʲɛnə]	Yelena	Ёлка	[ˈjolkə]	Yolka ('spruce')
Ж	Женя	[ˈʐenʲə]	Zhenya ('Gene')	жук	[ˈʐuk]	zhuk ('beetle')
З	Зинаида	[zʲɪnɐˈidə]	Zinaida	Зоя	[ˈzojə]	Zoya
И	Иван	[ɪˈvan]	Ivan
Й	Иван краткий	[ɪˈvan ˈkratkʲɪj]	Ivan kratkiy ('short Ivan')	йот	[ˈjot]	yot ('jot')
К	Константин	[kənstɐnʲˈtʲin]	Konstantin	киловатт	[kʲɪlɐˈvat]	kilovatt ('kilowatt')
Л	Леонид	[lʲɪɐˈnʲit]	Leonid
М	Михаил	[mʲɪxɐˈil]	Mikhail	Мария	[mɐˈrʲijə]	Mariya
Н	Николай	[nʲɪkɐˈlaj]	Nikolai
О	Ольга	[ˈolʲɡə]	Olga
П	Павел	[ˈpavʲɪl]	Pavel
Р	Роман	[rɐˈman]	Roman	радио	[ˈradʲɪo]	radio ('radio')
С	Семён	[sʲɪˈmʲɵn]	Semyon ('Simon')	Сергей	[sʲɪˈrɡʲej]	Sergei
Т	Татьяна	[tɐˈtʲjanə]	Tatyana	Тамара	[tɐˈmarə]	Tamara
У	Ульяна	[ʊˈlʲjanə]	Ulyana
Ф	Фёдор	[ˈfʲɵdər]	Fyodor
Х	Харитон	[xərʲɪˈton]	Khariton
Ц	цапля	[ˈtsaplʲə]	tsaplya ('heron')	центр	[ˈtsɛntr]	tsentr ('center')
Ч	человек	[tɕɪlɐˈvʲɛk]	chelovek ('human')
Ш	Шура	[ˈʂurə]	Shura
Щ	щука	[ˈɕːukə]	shchuka ('pike')
Ъ	твёрдый знак	[ˈtvʲɵrdɨj znak]	tvyordiy znak ('hard sign')
Ы	еры	[jɪˈrɨ]	yery ('old name for the letter Ы')	игрек	[ˈiɡrʲɪk]	i grik ('Greek I')
Ь	мягкий знак	[ˈmʲæxʲkʲɪj znak]	myagkiy znak ('soft sign')	знак	[ˈznak]	znak ('sign')
Э	эхо	[ˈɛxə]	ekho ('echo')	Эмма	[ˈɛmə]	Emma
Ю	Юрий	[ˈjʉrʲɪj]	Yuri
Я	Яков	[ˈjakəf]	Yakov

Numbers


Number	Name	Transliteration	Translation	Distinguish from
50	полсотни	polsotni	'half-hundred'	60
50	полста	polsta	'half-hundred'	60
12	дюжина	dyuzhina	'dozen'	13

References

^ The words for those letters of the Russian alphabet that correspond to letters of the basic Latin alphabet can be found in: Об утверждении федеральных авиационных правил «Порядок осуществления радиосвязи в воздушном пространстве Российской Федерации» (Приказ Минтранса России от 26.09.2012 № 362) (rtf document)
^ In the official letter names, no distinction is made between the letters ⟨Е⟩ and ⟨Ё⟩.

Sources

Yuri Baltin. "Russkij Kod Bukva-Slovo (Русский код буква-слово)" (in Russian).

[1] The words for those letters of the Russian alphabet that correspond to letters of the basic Latin alphabet can be found in: Об утверждении федеральных авиационных правил «Порядок осуществления радиосвязи в воздушном пространстве Российской Федерации» (Приказ Минтранса России от 26.09.2012 № 362) (rtf document)

[2] In the official letter names, no distinction is made between the letters ⟨Е⟩ and ⟨Ё⟩.

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Russian spelling alphabet

Contents

Alphabet

Numbers

See also

References

Sources