Russian Alphabet (CP1251 encoded)
Under construction. More codeset problems. And to think it worked a few minutes ago.
Ah, I think I have it now.. directly inputing character codes seems to work.
I used CP1251 (MS-Windows code page 1251) because Everything doesn't seem to work correctly with KOI8-R.
Russian uses the Cyrillic alphabet, but it seems to differ slightly from other languages. For instance, Serbo-Croatian, when using the Cyrillic alphabet as the Serbs do, seems to include a J-like character (such as in Yugoslavia.) But I'm not a language expert and I certainly don't know Serbo-Croatian. As an autodidact, I only have a rudimentary reading knowledge of Russian. Your average Muscovite probably wouldn't be able to understand me very well, as I have not mastered pronounciation. Try to get a native speaker to pronounce these for you, and imitate him/her.
А, а. (ah) Pronounced like the English a in father, but short. French a in rat.
Б, б. (be) Pronounced like the English bet sans t. Use this e sound for ve, ghe, etc.
В, в. (ve) V as in vat.
Г, г. (ghe) g (hard) as in go and get; never soft as in gem.
Д, д. (de) d in dam, sad.
Е, е. (ye) ye in yet.
Е, е. (yo) almost like yaw in yawl, but shorter as if written yol. Always stressed. (Is this character still used? There seems to be no code for it. It looks like ye with an "umlatt." Oddly, I hardly ever encounter it.)
Ж, ж. (zhe) like s in pleasure or z in azure. French je.
З, з. (ze) z in zone or s in rose.
И, и. (ee) like i in machine; or French i.
Й, й. (И С КРАТКОЙ -- ee with short mark) like И but short. Used to form dipthongs after another vowel, like our y in boy.
К, к. (ka) k as in kick.
Л, л. (el) hard Russian Л resembles our ll in ill, tell; soft ЛЬ like lli in million.
М, м. (em) m in met.
Н, н. (en) n in net.
О, о. (o) resembles o in port and is like Russian 'ye' without the y-sound.
П, п. (pe) p in pet.
Р, р. (err) well trilled (vibrated) sound resembled v of the Scotch. Never like the obscure English r in better.
С, с. (ess) hissing s as in most, puss.
Т, т. (te) like t in tom-tit.
У, у. (oo) like oo in foot. Not so long as oo in moon.
Ф, ф. (eff) f in fun-fair.
Х, х. (hha) hh-sound, like c in Scotch loch and in German ach. When soft resembles H in Hugo.
Ц, ц. (tse) combined t+s, as in sits. German z in zu.
Ч, ч. (che) ch in church.
Ш, ш. (sha) sh in ship.
Щ, щ. (shcha) rather like our shch-sound in Ashchurch, or in fresh chops said as one word.
Ъ, ъ.
Ы, ы.
Ь, ь.
Э, э.
Ю, ю. (yu)
Я, я. (ya)