Russian RussianThere are six vowels in Russian, /i 1 e a o u/ . In unaccented position /e/ and /o/ undergo reduction and are symbolized as /i a/ respectively.
Accented vowels are shown by an immediately preceding symbol ".
SAMPA symbol Keyword English gloss i m'"ir peace 1 m"1S mouse e Z1l'"e jelly a p"ara pair o g"orat city u tul"up crudeConsonants
There are 36 consonants in Russian, as follows. The symbol ' (apostrophe, ASCII 39), written after the consonant symbol, denotes palatalization. Most consonants come in pairs, "hard" (non-palatalized) and "soft" (palatalized).
Plosives p p"Il' dust p' p'"it' to drink b b"1t' to be b' b'"1t' to beat t t"ost toast t' t'"en' shadow d d"1m smoke d' d'"en' day k k"ot cat k' k'"it whale g g"us' goose g' g"'ipk'ij flexible Affricates ts ts"ep' chain tS' tS'"aj teaWhere the corresponding sounds are separated by a morpheme boundary, this is shown by the symbol -:
t-s d'"et-skij childish t-S' p'ir'iv"ot-S'ik interpreter Fricatives f f"ars farce f' f'"iz'ika physics v v"aza vase v' v'"iza visa s s"1n son s' s'"ena hay z z"apax smell z' karz'"ina basket S S"ar ball S': S':"uka pike Z Z"1r fat x xl'"ep bread x' x'"itr1j cunning Sonants m m"aj May m' m'"ata mint n najt'"i find n' n'"it' thread l l"utS' ray l' l'ub"of' love r kr"ap crab r' r'"ezat' cut j ij"ul' July
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Maintained by J.C. Wells. Created 1997 April 30 on the initiative of Yury Y . Shtyrov. Revised 1997 11 25, 97 12 12