Cyrillic  Script


Srpska ćirilica - Српска ћирилица


Serbian cyrillic - Српска ћирилица

The Serbian alphabet is unique in that it can be written using 2 different scripts. English is only written in one. The English language is only written with the Laitn script. But Serbian can be written with both the Latin "latinica" or Cyrillic scripts "ćirilica". These are considered equal and interchangable, with either script being acceptable as long as you don't mix them. However, traditionally only Cyrillic was used (that is why this is the only one used on my channel). The two alphabets of each script also have different names: "abeceda" for Latin and "azbuka" for Cyrillic.

Below is a conversion table from Latin to Cyrillic, as well as the corresponding sound in English and its equivalents in Polish

Latin Cyrillic IPA Sound in English Polish equivalent
A А /ä/ o in cot a, o, e, ie, _
B Б /b/ b in ball b
C Ц /t͡s/ ts in cats c
Ć Ћ /t͡ɕ/ ch in cheese {¹} c
Č Ч /t͡ʂ/ ch in church {¹} cz
D Д /d/ d in dog d, dzi, dź
Đ Ђ /d͡ʑ/ j in jeans dz
Џ /d͡ʐ/ j in juice dż {²}
E Е /e/ e in bed ie (e), io (o), ió (ó), ia (a), ię (ę), ią (ą)
F Ф /f/ f in fan f {²}
G Г /g/ g in goat g
H Х /x/ h in horn {¹} ch, h
I И /i/ ea in beat {¹} i, y
J Ј /j/ y in yellow j, i
K К /k/ k in king k
L Л /ɫ/ l in look ł, l
LJ Љ /ʎ/ li in italian l
M М /m/ m in maze m
N Н /n/ n in no n, ni, ń
NJ Њ /ɲ/ ny in canyon ń, ni
O О /ɔ/ aw in pawn {¹} o, ó, e, a
P П /p/ p in prince p
R Р /r/ r in ring {¹} r, rz
S С /s/ s in sun s, si, ś
Š Ш /ʂ/ sh in shirt {¹} sz
T T /t/ t in toy t, ci, ć
U У /u/ u in tune u, ą, ę
V В /v/ v in van w
Z З /z/ z in zoo z, zi, ź, dz
Ž Ж /ʐ/ si in vision {¹} ż [ƶ] {³}
Some notes:
{¹} This sound does not exist in English, it is an approximation.
- Notably, all R's in Serbian are rolled
{²} These sounds are not cognate between Serbian and Polish.
- F exists solely in foreign words in both languages
- DŻ/DŽ can occur in native words (rarely), but they do not correlate to eachother.
{³} Polish Ż is occaisionally written as Ƶ