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Russian (Standard)
Phylum: Indo-European
Genus: Slavic
Lat/lon: 55.7, 37.5
ISO code: rus
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-dental | dental | alveolar | retroflex | alveolo-palatal | palatal | velar |
stop | p, b | | t̪, d̪ | | | | | k, g |
trill | | | | r | | | | |
fricative | | f, v | | s, z | ʂ, ʐ | | | x |
affricate | | | | t̪s | | tɕ | | |
nasal | m | | n̪ | | | | | |
approximant | | | | | | | j | |
lateral approximant | | | | l | | | | |
Short palatalised series
| bilabial | labio-dental | dental | alveolar | velar |
stop | pʲ, bʲ | | t̪ˢʲ, d̪ᶻʲ | | kʲ, gʲ |
tap | | | | ɾʲ | |
fricative | | fʲ, vʲ | | sʲ, zʲ | xʲ |
nasal | mʲ | | n̪ʲ | | |
lateral approximant | | | | lʲ | |
Long series
| alveolo-palatal |
fricative | ɕː |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
close | i | ɨ | u |
close-mid | e | | o |
open | | a | |
Source: Yanushevskaya, Irena; and Daniel Bunčić. 2015. Russian. Journal of the International Phonetic Association 45.221–228.
Comments: Retroflex sounds were transcribed as /ʃ, ʒ/ in the main table in the source; /tɕ/ was transcribed as /tʃʲ/ and /ɕː/ as /ʃʲ/. Retroflex and alveolo-palatal interpretation for fricatives was mentioned in the text; /tɕ/ was intoduced based on the literature and introspection.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)