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The Macedonian Alphabet

Letter	Pronunciation	Note
A a	[a]	like "a" in "arc"
Б б	[b]	like "b" in "brother"
В в	[v]	like "v" in "vest"
Г г	[g]	like "g" in "go"
Д д	[d]	like "d" in "day"
Ѓ ѓ	[gy]	like "gy" in "gear"
E e	[e]	like "e" in "bed", or like "ea" in "head"
Ж ж	[zh]	like "s" in "pleasure", or "zh" in foreign names (Russian, Chinese, etc.) such as "Zhivago"
З з	[z]	like "z" in "zeal", or like "s" in "reason"
Ѕ ѕ	[dz]	like "ds" in "kids"
И и	[i]	like "e" in "he", or like "y" in "lorry", "factory"
J j	[y]	like "y" in yes"
К к	[k]	like "k" in "key", or like "c" in "cat"
Л л	[l]	like "l" in "love"
Љ љ	[ly]	like "ll" in "million", "brilliant",
М м	[m]	like "m" In "mother", "milk"
Н н	[n]	like "n" in "no", or "kn" in "knob"
Њ њ	[ny]	like "n" in "news", "onion"
О о	[o]	like "o" in "not", "hot", "spot"
П п	[p]	like "p" in "pot"
Р р	[r]	roiled, rhotic "r", like "r" in Scottish, Irish and some rural English dialects
С с	[s]	like "s" in "stop", or "ss" in "bless", or like "c" in "cell"
Т т	[t]	like "t" in "top",
Ќ ќ	[ky]	like "q" in "queue"
У у	[oo]	like "oo" in "food"
Ф ф	[f]	like "f" in "fast", or like "ph" in "photo"
Х х	[h]	like "h" in "huge", or like "ch" in "loch"
Ц ц	[ts]	like 'ts" in "cats"
Ч ч	[ch]	like "ch" in "church"
Џ џ	[j]	like "j" in "John", "jungle"
Ш ш	[sh]	like "sh" in "shy", or like "s" in "sure"