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Russian Phonology

EXPLANATION

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These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the Russian language.

CONSONANTS

The type of phonation is indicated by the phone's color shading:

t
voiceless
d
voiced
▼ PLACE OF ARTICULATION ▼
LABIAL
CORONAL
DORSAL
▼ MANNER ▼
BILABIAL
LABIO-DENTAL
ALVEOLAR
RETROFLEX
PALATAL
VELAR
NASAL
[1]
n[2]
[3]
PLOSIVE
[4]
t[5]
[6]
k[7]
[8]
[9]
d[10]
[11]
ɡ[12]
ɡʲ[13]
SIBILANT AFFRICATE
t͡s[14]
t͡sʲ[15]
t͡ɕ[16]
FRICATIVE
[17]
x[22]
[23]
[24]
ɣ[29]
ɣʲ[30]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[18]
[19]
ʂ[20]
ɕː[21]
z[25]
[26]
ʐ[27]
ʑː[28]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
ɫ[31]
[32]
APPROXIMANT
j[33]
TRILL
[34]
r[35]

END OF Russian PHONOLOGY CHART FOR CONSONANTS!

PHONOLOGY INVENTORY

No.
IPA
Length
CoArt
Voicing
Place
Manner
1
 
palatalized
voiced
bilabial
nasal
2
n
 
voiced
alveolar
nasal
3
 
palatalized
voiced
alveolar
nasal
4
 
palatalized
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
5
t
 
voiceless
alveolar
plosive
6
 
palatalized
voiceless
alveolar
plosive
7
k
 
voiceless
velar
plosive
8
 
palatalized
voiceless
velar
plosive
9
 
palatalized
voiced
bilabial
plosive
10
d
 
voiced
alveolar
plosive
11
 
palatalized
voiced
alveolar
plosive
12
ɡ
 
voiced
velar
plosive
13
ɡʲ
 
palatalized
voiced
velar
plosive
14
t͡s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant affricate
15
t͡sʲ
 
palatalized
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant affricate
16
t͡ɕ
 
voiceless
palatal
sibilant affricate
17
 
palatalized
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
18
s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
19
 
palatalized
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
20
ʂ
 
voiceless
retroflex
sibilant fricative
21
ɕː
long
voiceless
palatal
sibilant fricative
22
x
 
voiceless
velar
fricative
23
 
palatalized
voiceless
velar
fricative
24
 
palatalized
voiced
labio-dental
fricative
25
z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant fricative
26
 
palatalized
voiced
alveolar
sibilant fricative
27
ʐ
 
voiced
retroflex
sibilant fricative
28
ʑː
long
voiced
palatal
sibilant fricative
29
ɣ
 
voiced
velar
fricative
30
ɣʲ
 
palatalized
voiced
velar
fricative
31
ɫ
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
32
 
palatalized
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
33
j
 
voiced
palatal
approximant
34
 
palatalized
voiced
alveolar
trill
35
r
 
voiced
alveolar
trill

VOWELS

 
VOWEL HEIGHT
CLOSE
NEAR-CLOSE
CLOSE-MID
MID
OPEN-MID
NEAR-OPEN
OPEN