Bulgarian Alphabet
Learning the Bulgarian alphabet is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. Without it, you will not be able to say words properly even if you know how to write those words. The better you pronounce a letter in a word, the more understood you will be in speaking the Bulgarian language.
Below is a table showing the Bulgarian alphabet and how it is pronounced in English, and finally examples of how those letters would sound if you place them in a word.
| Bulgarian Alphabet | English Sound | Pronunciation Example |
Аа | a | As in the word army |
Аа | u | As in the word gun |
Бб | b | As in the word bath |
Вв | v | As in the word very |
Гг | g | As in the word gun |
Дд | d | As in the word dog |
Ее | e | As in the word send |
Жж | s | As in the word pleasure |
Зз | z | As in the word zoo |
Ии | i | As in the word bit |
Йй | y | As in the word youth |
Кк | k | As in the word kitchen |
Лл | l | As in the word luck |
Лл | l | As in the word leaf |
Мм | m | As in the word meet |
Нн | n | As in the word not |
Оо | o | As in the word hot |
Пп | p | As in the word pot |
Рр | r | As in the word robot |
Сс | s | As in the word sun |
Тт | t | As in the word tall |
Уу | oo | As in the word room |
Фф | f | As in the word fish |
Хх | h | As in the word hat |
Цц | tz | As in the word quartz |
Чч | ch | As in the word church |
Шш | sh | As in the word fish |
Щщ | sht | As in the word smashed |
Ъъ | u | As in the word ugly |
Ъъ | u | As in the word but |
ь | y | As in the word youth |
Юю | you | As in the word you |
Яя | ya | As in the word yarn |
Bulgarian Pronunciation
You saw how a letter is written and might be pronounced, but there is nothing better than hearing the sound of the letters in a video or audio. Below you will be able to hear how the letters above are pronounced, just press the play button:
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The alphabet and its pronunciation have a very important role in Bulgarian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Bulgarian alphabet, you might want to check the rest of our Bulgarian lessons here: Learn Bulgarian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.