Mongolian has ө and ү, *and so does Kyrgyz*, which is important for Geoguessr. The main differences are that Kyrgyz has ң (ng sound), and Mongolian has more double vowels.
In Bulgarian it may be more useful to learn enough of the Cyrillic alphabet to know when Ъ is being used as a vowel.
For Ukrainian, knowing that i is also a letter can help; for Serbian and Macedonian, knowing that j is a letter is vital, and that cyrillic and latin script are mixed there.
I don't know Russian well enough to give examples but in Russian each consonant has a "hard" and "soft" variant. Linguistically the soft variant is palatalized, ie pronounced in conjunction with a y sound. Usually you can tell by the following vowel whether a consonant is hard or soft. This letter overrides that and makes it the hard version. Without the stroke on the left, the letter makes a consonant the soft version.
Ah ok , because in Bulgarian there isnt a distinction between hard and soft sounds. In Bulgarian, the sounds are always HARD and ERECTED (except Я , Ю , ЙО and ЬО)
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This is so helpful! I can often find plenty of Cyrillic text but I have no idea where to start in figuring out which specific language it is. And this graphic is so easy to understand! I will definitely be using this
This is objectively misinforming. First, there's no need to rule out Kazakh because no coverage. Second, there's no way you could get enough information to prove that soft signs are only coming before O's, you can only prove that backwards. Third, the 'Y' character is also found in Kyrgyz, not just Mongolian. Fourth, there is a much better way to tell Bulgarian apart from other languages, that being Bulgarian uses the hard sign as a vowel. Last, there is pretty much no need to include Belarus, because it is not in Battle Royale nor Country Streaks and is extremely rare in user-made maps such as A Diverse World. Much better resources are [this,](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/162y29g1VRPUFtJOXtIY03GJBgjvVyYSK-6wdtgNa_gY/edit?usp=sharing) made by me, or [this,](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SpnpRcwF47j4oxO7UMtKsbwawhc5zvnBc806h8Wdh0A/edit?usp=sharing) also technically made by me but would be more accurately described as my version, since there are multiple spreadsheets of essentially the same thing as this floating around.
Alright, so first I posted this here because it MIGHT help people when playing geoguesser, it wasn't made specifically for it. Second, I can prove that the soft sign is only used before O's because bulgarian is my first language and the only use for this letter in bulgarian is to write the "YO" sound after a consonant (For example "Blue" in bulgarian is "Sinyo", so it is spelled like "Синьо").
Third, yes, I am sorry I did not know that Kyrgyz also uses the Y letter, since all of it surrounding ex-ussr nations officially use latin I thought Kyrgyzstan did as well. Fourth, I did originally think to put Ъ for bulgarian, but it is also used in russian and if you're reading a text there's no way to tell that in bulgarian it is a vowel. Overall the only thing I could've said if I chose Ъ is "Well, if you see it more often in words in it probably bulgarian", which could be missleading, while the "ЬО" rule is completely unique to bulgarian. Fifth can be explained by the first.
Lastly, your sources just show how the letters are prounaunced, it won't really help foreigners tell apart which are used in which alphabets.
I may have said it confusingly, but I never meant to say that soft signs don't only come before O's in Bulgarian, I just meant that you can only distinguish Bulgarian from other languages by using that (by finding a soft sign in front of something other than an O) Also, I think you're on the wrong page. Should be showing a bunch of letters with language names on the top and more letters in boxes underneath.
there is only a few official locations in the historical centre of Minsk and the only coverage in Kazakhstan is spillage (where the google car has accidentally driven into Kazakhstan while covering Russia of Kyrgyzstan)
Yes but Malta uses latin, the point of the post is, if you've already figured out that you're looking at cyrillic, these are the letters you can use to find out which language it is.
Mongolian has ө and ү, *and so does Kyrgyz*, which is important for Geoguessr. The main differences are that Kyrgyz has ң (ng sound), and Mongolian has more double vowels. In Bulgarian it may be more useful to learn enough of the Cyrillic alphabet to know when Ъ is being used as a vowel. For Ukrainian, knowing that i is also a letter can help; for Serbian and Macedonian, knowing that j is a letter is vital, and that cyrillic and latin script are mixed there.
Btw , what does the letter "Ъ" serve in Russian?
I don't know Russian well enough to give examples but in Russian each consonant has a "hard" and "soft" variant. Linguistically the soft variant is palatalized, ie pronounced in conjunction with a y sound. Usually you can tell by the following vowel whether a consonant is hard or soft. This letter overrides that and makes it the hard version. Without the stroke on the left, the letter makes a consonant the soft version.
Ah ok , because in Bulgarian there isnt a distinction between hard and soft sounds. In Bulgarian, the sounds are always HARD and ERECTED (except Я , Ю , ЙО and ЬО)
And if you want to know what these letters actually are: Ї= Yi Ў= W ЬО= The "Yo" sound if it's after a consonant. ћ= Ć Ѕ= Dz Қ= Q Ү= Ü
If you don't find any of these letters it could very well still be Bulgarian as ЬО is rarely used.
Well yes, but if you see Ь in any other place,like at the end of a word or inbetween consonants you will know that it is not bulgarian.
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This is so helpful! I can often find plenty of Cyrillic text but I have no idea where to start in figuring out which specific language it is. And this graphic is so easy to understand! I will definitely be using this
Y is also present in kyrgystan if I'm not mistaken
I hate madafakas pointing out when they saw Cyrillic script "oww, that's Russian" like, wtf!
This is objectively misinforming. First, there's no need to rule out Kazakh because no coverage. Second, there's no way you could get enough information to prove that soft signs are only coming before O's, you can only prove that backwards. Third, the 'Y' character is also found in Kyrgyz, not just Mongolian. Fourth, there is a much better way to tell Bulgarian apart from other languages, that being Bulgarian uses the hard sign as a vowel. Last, there is pretty much no need to include Belarus, because it is not in Battle Royale nor Country Streaks and is extremely rare in user-made maps such as A Diverse World. Much better resources are [this,](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/162y29g1VRPUFtJOXtIY03GJBgjvVyYSK-6wdtgNa_gY/edit?usp=sharing) made by me, or [this,](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SpnpRcwF47j4oxO7UMtKsbwawhc5zvnBc806h8Wdh0A/edit?usp=sharing) also technically made by me but would be more accurately described as my version, since there are multiple spreadsheets of essentially the same thing as this floating around.
Alright, so first I posted this here because it MIGHT help people when playing geoguesser, it wasn't made specifically for it. Second, I can prove that the soft sign is only used before O's because bulgarian is my first language and the only use for this letter in bulgarian is to write the "YO" sound after a consonant (For example "Blue" in bulgarian is "Sinyo", so it is spelled like "Синьо"). Third, yes, I am sorry I did not know that Kyrgyz also uses the Y letter, since all of it surrounding ex-ussr nations officially use latin I thought Kyrgyzstan did as well. Fourth, I did originally think to put Ъ for bulgarian, but it is also used in russian and if you're reading a text there's no way to tell that in bulgarian it is a vowel. Overall the only thing I could've said if I chose Ъ is "Well, if you see it more often in words in it probably bulgarian", which could be missleading, while the "ЬО" rule is completely unique to bulgarian. Fifth can be explained by the first. Lastly, your sources just show how the letters are prounaunced, it won't really help foreigners tell apart which are used in which alphabets.
I may have said it confusingly, but I never meant to say that soft signs don't only come before O's in Bulgarian, I just meant that you can only distinguish Bulgarian from other languages by using that (by finding a soft sign in front of something other than an O) Also, I think you're on the wrong page. Should be showing a bunch of letters with language names on the top and more letters in boxes underneath.
Thank you!!
Have you guys ever gotten Kazakhstan or Belarus? I never have
there is only a few official locations in the historical centre of Minsk and the only coverage in Kazakhstan is spillage (where the google car has accidentally driven into Kazakhstan while covering Russia of Kyrgyzstan)
I believe I've only ever gotten Kazakhstan once
does Kazakhstan even have street view?
If you are talking about BR, both, Kazakhstan and Belarus are not included there.
Malta also have ћ letter (not only Serbia), but also Ħ which is unique AFAIK.
Yes but Malta uses latin, the point of the post is, if you've already figured out that you're looking at cyrillic, these are the letters you can use to find out which language it is.
Also, Ge is H in Ukranian and Schcha is instead pronounced as Scht in Bulgarian.
Щ - sht
For Macedonian you should also have included Ќ and Ѓ