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Яя
Name я
Sounds like ya as in yarn
German: ja
In Latin letters ya
Four faces
- Яя Print
- Яя Bulgarian print
- Яя Italic
- Handwriting
coming
Words
Remember it
A backwards R that says ya.
Trap
A backwards R, but not R. One letter, two sounds: y + a.
Try it
Three one-tap exercises come next: hear → tap the letter · see the letter → choose the sound · read a word → choose the picture.
Recordings: Lingua Libre speakers on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC0). A dotted ▶ means your phone's own Bulgarian voice speaks, because no native recording exists yet.