Names of the Letters

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Here are transliterations of the names of the Russian letters. Once you know these, you can spell words to other people and understand them when they spell words for you. These are not exact, as there is not a direct correspondence between English and Russian.

ah
beh
veh
geh
deh
yeh
yoh
zheh
zeh
ee
ee kráht-ko-yeh
kah
ell
ehm
ehn
oh
peh
air
ess
teh
oo
eff
hah
tseh
cheh
shah
shchah
tvyór-dee znahk
yerih
myáh-kee znahk
eh
yoo
yah
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