New Uzbek Latin Alphabet (1995)

by Mark Dickens

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Latin	Cyrillic	Pronunciation	Latin	Cyrillic	Pronunciation
A a	À à	a as in cat	P p	Ï ï	p as in pop
B b	Á á	b as in bat [1]	Q q	Š š	back k [2]
D d	Ä ä	d as in dog [3]	R r	Ð ð	rolled r [4]
E e	Å å, Ý ý	e as in get [5]	S s	Ñ ñ	s as in sat
F f	Ô ô	f as in fat	T t	Ò ò	t as in tap
G g	Ã ã	g as in get [6]	U u	Ó ó	oo as in cool*
H h		h as in hat	V v	Â â	v as in vat
I I	È è	i as in it [7]	X x	Õ õ	ch as in Bach [8]
J j	Æ æ	j as in jug	Y y	É é	y as in yes
K k	Ê ê	k as in keep	Z z	Ç ç	z as in zip
L l	Ë ë	l as in leap	O’ o’	Œ œ	u as in put[9]*
Ì m	Ì ì	m as in man	G’ g’	F	like French r
N n	Í í	n as in name	Sh sh	Ø ø	sh as in ship
O o	Î î	o as in cop [10]	Ch ch	× ÷	ch as in chat
			‘	Ú ú	lengthens vowels

Old Cyrillic Letters Not Represented in Latin Script

Yo yo	¨ ¸	yaw as in yawn
Ts ts [11]	Ö ö	ts as in cats	Yu yu	Þ þ	yu as in you
Shch	Ù ù	shch as in fresh cheese	Ya ya	ß ÿ	ya as in yam

* denotes approximate sound in English (actual vowel sounds are slightly different)

[1] Often sounds like p at the end of a word.

[2] Phonetic q.

[3] Often sounds like t at the end of a word.

[4] Like a Scottish rolled r.

[5] The two Cyrillic letters that have been replaced by Latin "E e" had different sounds in a word initial position: Cyrillic "Å å" had the sound ye as in yet at the beginning of words, whereas "Ý ý" always had only the sound e as in get, whether or not it was at the beginning of a word.

[6] Often sounds like k at the end of a word.

[7] This is always a lax (short) vowel, as in it never a tense vowel or diphthong, as in ice.

[8] German pronunciation.

[9] This letter actually represents two sounds in some dialects; the other sound is au as in caught (British pronunciation).

[10] Only sounds like o in vote in a Russian loan word.

[11] This sound, found only in Russian loan words, is sometimes rendered as just S s in Latin script (the first Latin alphabet of 1993 used C c).

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