Twilight of the Eastern Gods

A NOTE ON PRONUNCIATION

Albanian is written in Latin characters but some letters and combinations are pronounced in a special way. The only one occurring in this novel is:

Xh makes the sound dj as in bridge

THE CYRILLIC ALPHABET

A few words and phrases are given in their original Russian forms. The thirty-two letters of the Cyrillic alphabet are pronounced roughly as follows: A a Б b B v Γ g Д d E ye Ë yo Ж zh as in pleasure З z И i as in beet Й y κ k Л l M m H n O o П p P r C s T t Y u as in loose Φ f X kh as in (Scottish) loch Ц ts Ч ch as in church Ш sh Щ sh-ch as in fish chowder Э e Ы uh Ь [soft sign] Я ya Ю yu