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The Russian alphabet ( ру́сский алфави́т, russkiy alfavit, [ a] or ру́сская а́збука, russkaya azbuka, [ b] more traditionally) is the script used to write the Russian language. It comes from the Cyrillic script, which was devised in the 9th century for the first Slavic literary language, Old Slavonic.
Russian cursive is a variant of the Russian alphabet used for writing by hand. It is typically referred to as (ру́сский) рукопи́сный шрифт (rússky) rukopísny shrift, " (Russian) handwritten font". It is the handwritten form of the modern Russian Cyrillic script, used instead of the block letters seen in printed material.
In typography, the long s is known as a type of swash letter, commonly referred to as a "swash s ". [ 2] The long s is the basis of the first half of the grapheme of the German alphabet ligature letter ß , [ 3] ( eszett or scharfes s, 'sharp s '). As with other letters, the long s may have a variant appearance depending on typeface: ſ, ſ, ſ ...
Cursive is a style of penmanship in which the symbols of the language are written in a conjoined and/or flowing manner, generally for the purpose of making writing faster. . This writing style is distinct from "print-script" using block letters, in which the letters of a word are unconnected and in Roman/Gothic letterform rather than joined-up scri
А̄ а̄. A with macron. Kildin Sami, Khanty, Bulgarian (not individual letter, used in Dialects), Serbian (not individual letter, used in Dialects) А̃ а̃. A with tilde. Khinalug. А̊ а̊. A with ring above. Selkup.
Thorn or þorn ( Þ, þ) is a letter in the Old English, Old Norse, Old Swedish and modern Icelandic alphabets, as well as modern transliterations of the Gothic alphabet, Middle Scots, and some dialects of Middle English. It was also used in medieval Scandinavia, but it was later replaced with the digraph th, except in Iceland, where it survives.
The early Cyrillic alphabet was developed in the 9th century AD and replaced the earlier Glagolitic script developed by the theologians Cyril and Methodius. It is the basis of alphabets used in various languages, past and present, Slavic origin, and non-Slavic languages influenced by Russian. As of 2011, around 252 million people in Eurasia use ...
word/speech Т т: твєрдо: tverdo t t [t] 300 Greek Tau Τ hard When marked with a palatalization mark or followed by a palatalizing vowel (ю, ѭ, or ꙗ, and sometimes ѣ), this letter is pronounced [c]; some manuscripts do not mark palatalization, in which case it must be inferred from context. Ѹ ѹ, Ꙋ ꙋ Оукъ, ꙋкъ: oukŏ ...