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The Macedonian Alphabet
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| Letter | Pronunciation | Note |
|---|---|---|
| A a | [a] | like "a" in "arc" |
| Б б | [b] | like "b" in "brother" |
| В в | [v] | like "v" in "vest" |
| Г г | [g] | like "g" in "go" |
| Д д | [d] | like "d" in "day" |
| Ѓ ѓ | [gy] | like "gy" in "gear" |
| E e | [e] | like "e" in "bed", or like "ea" in "head" |
| Ж ж | [zh] | like "s" in "pleasure", or "zh" in foreign names (Russian, Chinese, etc.) such as "Zhivago" |
| З з | [z] | like "z" in "zeal", or like "s" in "reason" |
| Ѕ ѕ | [dz] | like "ds" in "kids" |
| И и | [i] | like "e" in "he", or like "y" in "lorry", "factory" |
| J j | [y] | like "y" in yes" |
| К к | [k] | like "k" in "key", or like "c" in "cat" |
| Л л | [l] | like "l" in "love" |
| Љ љ | [ly] | like "ll" in "million", "brilliant", |
| М м | [m] | like "m" In "mother", "milk" |
| Н н | [n] | like "n" in "no", or "kn" in "knob" |
| Њ њ | [ny] | like "n" in "news", "onion" |
| О о | [o] | like "o" in "not", "hot", "spot" |
| П п | [p] | like "p" in "pot" |
| Р р | [r] | roiled, rhotic "r", like "r" in Scottish, Irish and some rural English dialects |
| С с | [s] | like "s" in "stop", or "ss" in "bless", or like "c" in "cell" |
| Т т | [t] | like "t" in "top", |
| Ќ ќ | [ky] | like "q" in "queue" |
| У у | [oo] | like "oo" in "food" |
| Ф ф | [f] | like "f" in "fast", or like "ph" in "photo" |
| Х х | [h] | like "h" in "huge", or like "ch" in "loch" |
| Ц ц | [ts] | like 'ts" in "cats" |
| Ч ч | [ch] | like "ch" in "church" |
| Џ џ | [j] | like "j" in "John", "jungle" |
| Ш ш | [sh] | like "sh" in "shy", or like "s" in "sure" |
