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CYRILLIC ALPHABET SOUPRUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN BRIEF
Made by:KU Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies
WHY STUDY RUSSIAN? Spoken by approx. 175 million people Primary language of Russia and Belarus Native language in all the former
republics of the USSR (15 countries) Lingua Franca of Eastern Europe Deemed “critical” by U.S. State Dept Required of all NASA Astronauts It’s awesome!
9TH C. MORAVIA Byzantine Empire Cyril & Methodius Glagolitic Alphabet St. Clement of Ohrid Cyrillic
BRIEF HISTORY
9TH C. MORAVIA Ruler of Moravia requested Christian missionaries from the Byzantine Empire.
BYZANTINE EMPIREEmperor Michael III sent monks Cyril and Methodius to spread Christianity to: Bulgaria, Moravia, and Pannonia (Central & Southeast Europe).
GLAGOLITIC ALPHABETCombination of Greek letters and made-up letters denoting Slavic sounds used to translate Christian texts into languages spoken in Central Europe.
ST. CLEMENT OF OHRIDDisciple of Cyril & Methodius who simplified Glagolitic Alphabet into the earliest known form of Cyrillic…(maybe – see Preslav Literary School in Bulgarian Empire for more info).
SINCE THEN… 12th C. Cyrillic dominated Glagolitic as the
preferred alphabet in Eastern Europe. In the 9 centuries since then, it has adapted,
developed and changed into regional variations.
Today, 90 languages write w/ a Cyrillic Alphabet, including Russian.
LANGUAGES THAT USE CYRILLICEAST SLAVICRussianUkrainianBelarussianRusyn
SOUTH SLAVICBulgarianBosnianSerbianMontenegrinMacedonian
URALICKarelianKildin SamiKomi-PermyakMari
IRANIAN
KurdishOssetianTajik
TURKICAzerbaijaniBashkirKazakhChuvashKyrgyzTatarTurkmenUzbek
CHINESEDungan
MONGOLIANKhalkha
BuryatKalmyk
CAUCASIANAbkhazAvarLezgian
OTHERRomaniEskimo-AleutChukotko-KamchatkanTungusic
AND MORE!
RUSSIAN LANGUAGEРУССКЫЙ ЯЗЫК
33 letters: 10 vowels, 21 consonants & 2 signs
Let’s practice!
Can you
Translate?Hint: use the Russian Alphabet Chart to decode the following U.S. states and cities.
1. КАНЗАС
2. ВАШИНГТОН
3. МОНТАНА
4. БОСТОН
5. ЦИНЦИННАТИ
6. САН ФРАНЦИСКО
7. ЛОС АНДЖЕЛЕС
8. ФИЛАДЕЛЬФИЯ
9. КАЛИФОРНИЯ
10. МИССУРИ
11. НЬЮ ЙОРК
12. МИЧИГАН
13. КОЛОРАДО
14. МИССИСИПИ
KANSAS
WASHINGTON
MONTANA
BOSTON
CINNCINNATI
SAN FRANCISCO
LOS ANGELES
PHILADELPHIA
CALIFORNIA
MISSOURI
NEW YORK
MICHIGAN
COLORADO
MISSISSIPPI
Let’s try something
AdvancedYou know more Russian than you think…
1. МЕТРО
2. ТАКСИ
3. ТРОЛЛЕЙБУС
4. СТОП
5. СТАДИОН
6. ХОТ ДОГ
7. ПИЦЦA XAT
8. ФРУКТЫ
9. MAKDONALDC
10. PECTOPAH
METRO
TAXI
TROLLEY BUS
STOP
STADIUM
HOT DOG
PIZZA HUT
FRUIT
MCDONALDS
RESTAURANT
OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES RUSSIAN ALPHABET W/ HANDWRITING -
www.russianforeveryone.com
RUSSIAN LESSONS - www.russianlessons.net
LEARN TO READ RUSSIAN IN 15 MINUTEStumblr by Peter Starr Northrop and Ryan Estrada
СПАСИБО! THANK YOU!
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RUSSIAN, EAST EUROPEAN
& EURASIAN STUDIES