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Chuvash Alphabet (Cyrillic)
The letters and characters of Chuvash written in the Cyrillic script, in order — every standard character with its name and codepoint, the additional and punctuation sets, and exactly how many fonts include them. About 1,830,673 people read or write it across 1 country.
Standard characters
The minimal set of characters required for Chuvash — the language's alphabet, in its traditional order. Tap a character to copy it; each name opens the full character page. The Fonts column counts how many fonts include each letter, in the same order as the letters and codepoints; an accented form under a letter gets its own codepoint and count line beneath it.
| Letter | Name | Codepoints | Fontsper letter, in order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Аа Ӑӑ | A | U+0410 · U+0430 U+04D0 · U+04D1 | 2,034 / 1,987 1,017 / 1,016 |
| Бб | Be | U+0411 · U+0431 | 2,019 / 1,951 |
| Вв | Ve | U+0412 · U+0432 | 2,034 / 1,951 |
| Гг | Ghe | U+0413 · U+0433 | 2,023 / 1,956 |
| Дд | De | U+0414 · U+0434 | 2,006 / 1,953 |
| Ее ӖӗЁё | Ie | U+0415 · U+0435 U+04D6 · U+04D7 · U+0401 · U+0451 | 2,035 / 1,976 1,014 / 1,013 / 1,944 / 1,911 |
| Жж | Zhe | U+0416 · U+0436 | 2,010 / 1,948 |
| Зз | Ze | U+0417 · U+0437 | 2,024 / 1,953 |
| Ии Йй | I | U+0418 · U+0438 U+0419 · U+0439 | 2,018 / 1,963 1,994 / 1,942 |
| Кк | Ka | U+041A · U+043A | 2,021 / 1,951 |
| Лл | El | U+041B · U+043B | 2,013 / 1,953 |
| Мм | Em | U+041C · U+043C | 2,021 / 1,943 |
| Нн | En | U+041D · U+043D | 2,025 / 1,958 |
| Оо | O | U+041E · U+043E | 2,026 / 1,986 |
| Пп | Pe | U+041F · U+043F | 2,038 / 1,966 |
| Рр | Er | U+0420 · U+0440 | 2,027 / 1,974 |
| Сс | Es | U+0421 · U+0441 | 2,027 / 1,977 |
| Ҫҫ | Es With Descender | U+04AA · U+04AB | 896 / 893 |
| Тт | Te | U+0422 · U+0442 | 2,024 / 1,956 |
| Уу Ӳӳ | U | U+0423 · U+0443 U+04F2 · U+04F3 | 2,015 / 1,967 988 / 990 |
| Фф | Ef | U+0424 · U+0444 | 2,006 / 1,944 |
| Хх | Ha | U+0425 · U+0445 | 2,019 / 1,965 |
| Цц | Tse | U+0426 · U+0446 | 1,991 / 1,939 |
| Чч | Che | U+0427 · U+0447 | 2,005 / 1,939 |
| Шш | Sha | U+0428 · U+0448 | 1,999 / 1,945 |
| Щщ | Shcha | U+0429 · U+0449 | 1,986 / 1,929 |
| Ъъ | Hard Sign | U+042A · U+044A | 1,987 / 1,928 |
| Ыы | Yeru | U+042B · U+044B | 1,990 / 1,929 |
| Ьь | Soft Sign | U+042C · U+044C | 1,995 / 1,935 |
| Ээ | E | U+042D · U+044D | 1,998 / 1,929 |
| Юю | Yu | U+042E · U+044E | 1,990 / 1,932 |
| Яя | Ya | U+042F · U+044F | 2,005 / 1,938 |
Additional Characters
Used for foreign words, names and technical terms, and older forms of the language.
Punctuation characters
The marks used to separate sentences and to clarify meaning.
Where Chuvash (Cyrillic) is read
Countries shaded by the share of their population that reads or writes Chuvash in the Cyrillic script.
Estimated readers — share of each country's population (CLDR).
| Country | Estimated readers | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | 1,830,673 | 1.3% |
Chuvash (Cyrillic) — facts
| Font coverage | 856 of 137,179 fonts include every one of the 37 standard characters; 592 include the standard and additional sets together. Counts are exact for the snapshot of 21 October 2026. |
|---|---|
| Script | Cyrillic |
| Unicode blocks | Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Combining Diacritical Marks, Cyrillic, General Punctuation |
| People | About 1,830,673 people read or write Chuvash in the Cyrillic script — mostly in Russia. |
Data: Unicode CLDR exemplar characters (CLDR 48.2.0) and CLDR territory population data. Font counts: snapshot of 21 October 2026.