Language/Macedonian/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation
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In today's lesson, you will learn how to write the different letters of the Macedonian alphabet, how to pronounce these letters whether it is through the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), or through a video with the pronunciation of the letters by a native speaker.
You will also find at the end of this lesson a virtual keyboard to be able to type each special character of this language.
Alphabet and IPA Pronunciation
The following table provides the upper and lower case forms of the Macedonian alphabet, along with the IPA value for each letter:
| Letter
IPA Name |
А а
/a/ /a/ |
Б б
/b/ /bə/ |
В в
/v/ /və/ |
Г г
/ɡ/ /ɡə/ |
Д д
/d/ /də/ |
Ѓ ѓ
/ɟ/ /ɟə/ |
Е е
/ɛ/ /ɛ/ |
Ж ж
/ʒ/ /ʒə/ |
З з
/z/ /zə/ |
Ѕ ѕ
/d͡z/ /d͡zə/ |
И и
/i/ /i/ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letter
IPA Name |
Ј ј
/j/ /jə/ |
К к
/k/ /kə/ |
Л л
/l/ ([ɫ], [l̠]) /lə/ |
Љ љ
/l/ /lə/ |
М м
/m/ /mə/ |
Н н
/n/ /nə/ |
Њ њ
/ɲ/ /ɲə/ |
О о
/ɔ/ /ɔ/ |
П п
/p/ /pə/ |
Р р
/r/ /rə/ |
С с
/s/ /sə/ |
| Letter
IPA Name |
Т т
/t/ /tə/ |
Ќ ќ
/c/ /cə/ |
У у
/u/ /u/ |
Ф ф
/f/ /fə/ |
Х х
/x/ /xə/ |
Ц ц
/t͡s/ /t͡sə/ |
Ч ч
/t͡ʃ/ /t͡ʃə/ |
Џ џ
/d͡ʒ/ /d͡ʒə/ |
Ш ш
/ʃ/ /ʃə/ |
| Letter | А а | Б б | В в | Г г | Д д | Ѓ ѓ | Е е | Ж ж | З з | Ѕ ѕ | И и | Ј ј | К к | Л л | Љ љ | М м | Н н | Њ њ | О о | П п | Р р | С с | Т т | Ќ ќ | У у | Ф ф | Х х | Ц ц | Ч ч | Џ џ | Ш ш |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /a/ | /b/ | /v/ | /ɡ/ | /d/ | /ɟ/ | /ɛ/ | /ʒ/ | /z/ | /d͡z/ | /i/ | /j/ | /k/ | /ɫ/, /ɫ/, /l/ | /l/ | /m/ | /n/ | /ɲ/ | /ɔ/ | /p/ | /r/ | /s/ | /t/ | /c/ | /u/ | /f/ | /x/ | /t͡s/ | /t͡ʃ/ | /d͡ʒ/ | /ʃ/ |
| Name | /a/ | /bə/ | /və/ | /ɡə/ | /də/ | /ɟə/ | /ɛ/ | /ʒə/ | /zə/ | /d͡zə/ | /i/ | /jə/ | /kə/ | /ɫə/ | /lə/ | /mə/ | /nə/ | /ɲə/ | /ɔ/ | /pə/ | /rə/ | /sə/ | /tə/ | /cə/ | /u/ | /fə/ | /xə/ | /t͡sə/ | /t͡ʃə/ | /d͡ʒə/ | /ʃə/ |
The above table contains the printed form of the Macedonian alphabet; the cursive script is significantly different, and is illustrated below in lower and upper case (letter order and layout below corresponds to table above).