Russians use an alphabet based on the Cyrillic script. The modern Russian alphabet has 33 letters: 21 consonants, ten vowels and two signs. Yet it wasn’t always like that.

After almost 80 years with an alphabet imposed by Moscow, Kazakhstan is getting its own script and possibly a new name. President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed off on the new, much shorter set ...

Today, the Cyrillic alphabet is used by Slavic, Turkic, Uralic, Caucasian and other nations, including Mongolia, which adopted it in 1941.

It is based on the alphabet that was adapted by Kyrgyz linguist and politician Kasym Tynystanov and used in Kyrgyzstan from 1927 to 1940. Any decision by Bishkek to abandon Cyrillic might not sit ...

The Croatian alphabet has 30 letters. Here, the Bajka children’s choir sings them with impressive speed. The Russian alphabet has 33 letters, but this song from Russian Sesame Street is so ...

Today, the Cyrillic alphabet is used by Slavic, Turkic, Uralic, Caucasian and other nations, including Mongolia, which adopted it in 1941. Go to accessibility shortcuts.