HyperpolyglotHyperpolyglotThe 33 Russian Cyrillic letters, grouped the smart way: the ones you know, the false friends, the truly new. All 33 characters, group by group, with your progress saved in the browser.
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A letter is mastered after 2 correct answers (a wrong answer resets it). Progress is saved in your browser.
Reading Cyrillic is step one. Step two is real Russian sentences with native audio and spaced repetition: that is exactly what Hyperpolyglot does.
Start learning free →Every character with its sound, group by group: your cheat sheet while the quiz does the memorizing.
| А аa | К кk | М мm | О оo | Т тt |
| Е еye |
| В вv | Н нn | Р рr | С сs | У уu |
| Х хkh |
| Б бb | Г гg | Д дd | Ж жzh | З зz |
| И иi | Й йy (short) | Л лl |
| П пp | Ф фf | Ц цts | Ч чch | Ш шsh |
| Щ щshch | Ё ёyo |
| Ы ыy (hard i) | Э эe | Ю юyu | Я яya | Ъ ъhard sign |
| Ь ьsoft sign |
How long does it take to learn Cyrillic?
Two to three days of short sessions is typical. A third of the letters look and sound familiar, and the trainer isolates the tricky false friends (the letter that looks like P but sounds like R) so they stop fooling you.
What are Cyrillic false friends?
Letters that look Latin but sound different: B sounds v, H sounds n, P sounds r, C sounds s, Y sounds u, X sounds kh. They cause most early reading errors, which is why they get their own group here.
Is Cyrillic the same for Russian, Ukrainian and Serbian?
The core is shared, but each language adds or drops letters: Ukrainian has i and ï, Serbian adds six letters of its own. This trainer covers the Russian alphabet, the most widely used variant.
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