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Russian (Standard)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Slavic

Lat/lon: 55.7, 37.5

ISO code: rus

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarretroflexalveolo-palatalpalatalvelar
stopp, bt̪, d̪k, g
trillr
fricativef, vs, zʂ, ʐx
affricatet̪s
nasalm
approximantj
lateral approximantl

Short palatalised series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarvelar
stoppʲ, bʲt̪ˢʲ, d̪ᶻʲkʲ, gʲ
tapɾʲ
fricativefʲ, vʲsʲ, zʲ
nasaln̪ʲ
lateral approximant

Long series

alveolo-palatal
fricativeɕː

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiɨu
close-mideo
opena

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)