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
Upper & Lower Case Forms of the Macedonian Alphabet
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/ |
Macedonian Alphabet: Cursive Script
The following displays the cursive script in lower and upper case:
