Mongolian Cyrillic Alphabet
Before the Mongolian Cyrillic Alphabet, Mongolian official script was Classic Mongolian scrip. After the Mongolian people’s revolution with the assistance of the Soviet Union, New Mongolia started to develop in all sectors. In1930-1931, Mongolians used to create literacy by using the Latin alphabet for their official language and teach to the people in the whole country. After a year, these initiations were not succeeded because of their nationality, pre-preparations, and fewer people who were literates. Therefore they resumed the old Mongolian script.
Between 1934-1940, Mongolian literacy was run successfully, and people who have learned old Mongolian script reached from 320000 to 720000. In 1941, Mongolian scientists were created a new script adopting from the Russian Cyrillic and added 2 letters (Ө, Ү) to the Russian Cyrillic.
From the academic year 1941-1942, primary school students started to learn New Mongolian Cyrillic Alphabet. Consequently, in 1946, the Mongolian Cyrillic has been the official script in republic Mongolia.
The Mongolian alphabet has 35 letters. It consists of 20 consonants, 13 vowels, and 2 sign letters.
LETTER PRONUNCIATION SOUNDS AS IN ENGLISH bold
А а aah as in us
Б б beh as in ball
В в weh as in west, vest, wet, owe, vain
Г г geh as in get, gum, dog
Д д deh as in and, hard, dad
Е е yeh as in yet
Ё ё yoh as in yo yo
Ж ж jeh as in Jet
З з zeh as in zero
И и i as in it, if
Й й i (used with another vowels) as in ink
К к kah as in walk, work
Л л il as in silk
М м im as in milk
Н н in as in mint
О о ooh as in ball, all, doll
Ө ө öh as in her, term, earn
П п peh as in gap
Р р err as in cheers, hear
С с iss as in sister, risk, miss, mist
Т т teh as in list, test, state, hut, step, hot
У у uuh as in bull
Ү ү üüh as in who
Ф ф feh as in cafe
Х х heh as in hey
Ц ц tseh as in tsunami
Ч ч cheh as in lunch, check, rich
Ш ш sh as in finish, push, wish
Щ щ sh (used in Russian words) as in Shanghai
Ъ ъ no sound sign letter
Ы ы eeh as in mean, weak, seal
Ь ь no sound sign letter
Э э eh as in egg, edit, set
Ю ю yuh as in use, huge, cute
Я я yah as in soya
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