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Russian diphthongs all end in a non-syllabic [i̯], an allophone of /j/ and the only semivowel in Russian. In all contexts other than after a vowel, /j/ is considered an approximant consonant. Phonological descriptions of /j/ may also classify it as a consonant even in the coda.
This Cyrillic uncial, called "Ustav (script) " in Russian, is a style developed on the model of the Greek uncial. The name of En was нашь (našĭ), meaning "ours". The letter was created according to the model of the Greek letter Nu (Ν ν) as they share the same sound /n/. Therefore, the letter had a descending diagonal "\" between the two ...
Russian distinguishes hard (unpalatalized or plain) and soft (palatalized) consonants (both phonetically and orthographically). Soft consonants, most of which are denoted by a superscript ʲ , are pronounced with the body of the tongue raised toward the hard palate , like the articulation of the y sound in yes .
Because Russian borrows terms from other languages, there are various conventions for sounds not present in Russian. For example, while Russian has no [ h ] , there are a number of common words (particularly proper nouns) borrowed from languages like English and German that contain such a sound in the original language.
Ye (Є, є) appears after E and represents the sound /jɛ/. E and И (И, и) both represent the sound /ɪ/ if unstressed. И when stressed represents the sound /ɨ/, the same as the traditional Cyrillic letter Yery (Ы). I (І, і) appears after И and represents the sound /i/. Yi (Ї, ї) appears after I and represents the sound /ji/.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 January 2025. See also: List of Cyrillic multigraphs Main articles: Cyrillic script, Cyrillic alphabets, and Early Cyrillic alphabet This article contains special characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. This is a list of letters of the ...
The voiced alveolar nasal is a type of consonantal sound used in numerous spoken languages.The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents dental, alveolar, and postalveolar nasals is n , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is n.
No /j/ sound occurs between the consonant and the vowel in this case. Exact pronunciation of the vowel sound of ё can vary because of allophony in Slavic languages. In Russian, it is pronounced [jɵ], with an vowel similar to bird in New Zealand or South African English; see palatalization for some background.