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Kazakh cyrillic alphabet and pronunciation
Kazakh Cyrillic AlphabetА а | A a | as in father | Ә ә | Ä ä | as in apple | Б б | B b | as in bed | В в | V v | as in very | Г г | G g | as in got | Ғ ғ | Ğ ğ or GH gh | no English equivalent, backlingual glottal consonant | Д д | D d | as in day | Е е | E e | in Kazakh e is pronounced as if there is [y] before it, as in English yes | Ё ё | YO yo | as in yawn, only in Russian words | Ж ж | J j or ZH zh | as in measure | З з | Z z | as in zone | И и | Ï ï | sounds like ee in indeed | Й й | Y y | (only used in combination with a vowel, as in ray | К к | K k | as in kind | Қ қ | Q q | lingual glottal fricative sound | Л л | L l | can be hard as in element, and soft as in limo | М м | M m | as in main | Н н | N n | as in pen | Ң ң | Ñ ñ or NG ng | as in English swimming | О о | O o | as in hot | Ө ө | Ö ö | as in early | П п | P p | as in park | Р р | R r | Spanish rolling r as in Raul | С с | S s | as in miss | Т т | T t | as in ten | У у | W w | as in tool | Ұ ұ | U u | acoustically resembles u in full, and pull the back part of the tongue more backwards | Ү ү | Ü ü | while saying pool, try to raise the front part of the tongue as high as possible to the front, while mouth is half closed | Ф ф | F f | as in four | Х х | X x | as in khan. Do not confuse with English ‘x’ | Һ һ | H h | as in hat | Ц ц | C c | as in its | Ч ч | Ç ç | as in check | Ш ш | Ş ş | as in passion | Щ щ | ŞŞ şş | as in she | Ъ ъ | hard sign | hard sign, in Russian words only | Ы ы | I ı | as in around | І і | İ i | as in till | Ь ь | soft sign | soft sign, in Russian words only | Э э | EE ee | as in English words end, n Russian words only | Ю ю | YU yu | as in yule | Я я | YA ya | as in yah |
1st column: Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet
2nd column: English sound
3rd column: Pronunciation example
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