# русский

# this file is also ai-generated. i am not familiar with russian yet

# canonical = common english transliteration (ascii, practical)
# ISO 9 scientific transliteration given in comments (precise, one-symbol-per-letter, reversible)
# 33 letters, single flat alphabetic sequence (no CV-pair or initial/medial/final structure)

cyrillic:
  a: а
  b: б
  v: в
  g: г
  d: д
  ye: е # iotated/palatalising e; ISO9: e
  yo: ё # ISO9: ë
  zh: ж # ISO9: ž
  z: з
  i: и
  y: й # ISO9: j
  k: к
  l: л
  m: м
  n: н
  o: о
  p: п
  r: р
  s: с
  t: т
  u: у
  f: ф
  kh: х # ISO9: h
  ts: ц # ISO9: c
  ch: ч # ISO9: č
  sh: ш # ISO9: š
  shch: щ # ISO9: ŝ
  tvyordy: ъ # hard sign, no sound of own — signals preceding consonant stays unpalatalised
  yery: ы # traditional letter name; ISO9: y
  myagkiy: ь # soft sign, no sound of own — signals preceding consonant palatalised
  e: э # hard e, no iotation (unlike ye); ISO9: è
  yu: ю # ISO9: û
  ya: я # ISO9: â