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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)