Russian Alphabet & IPA Flashcards
А а
[a]
ah (stop, job ,father)
Б б
[b] / [bʲ]
b (bar, boss)
В в
[v] / [vʲ]
v (van, velvet)
Г г
[g] / [gʲ]
g (gap, garden)
Д д
[d] / [dʲ]
d (dad, day)
Е е
[je] / [ʲe] or [e]
yeh (yes, yet)
Ё ё
[jo] / [ʲo]
yoh (your, yoga)
Ж ж
[ʐ]
similar to zh (pleasure, casual)
З з
[z] / [zʲ]
z (zoo, zebra)
И и
[i] / [ʲi] / [ɨ]
ee (eel)
I i
archaic И и
[i]
ee (eel)
Й й
[j]
i (my, boy, pie)
К к
[k] / [kʲ]
k (cap, cat)
Л л
[ɫ] / [lʲ]
love, life
М м
[m] / [mʲ]
m (man, milk)
Н н
[n] / [nʲ]
n (noble, night)
О о
[o]
oh (glory, port)
П п
[p] / [pʲ]
p (paper, port)
Р р
[r] / [rʲ]
rolled) r (Rome, rent
С с
[s] / [sʲ]
s (Sam, sofa)
Т т
[t] / [tʲ]
t (table, tunnel)
У у
[u]
oo (who, moon)
Ф ф
[f] / [fʲ]
f (phone, fun)
Ѳ ѳ
archaic Ф ф
[f] / [fʲ]
f (phone, fun)
Х х
[x] / [xʲ]
h (or kh) (humanity, loch, ugh)
Ц ц
[ts]
ts (pets, bites)
Ч ч
[tɕ] ([tʃ])
ch (charity, chapel)
Ш ш
[ʂ] (further back [ʃ]) darker sh (she, show)
Ъ ъ
-hard sign; silent;
prevents palatalization of
preceding consonant
Ы ы
[ɨ]
no analog; (rosEs, hit);
in singing: close to i in think
Ь ь
-soft sign; silent;
palatalizes preceding consonant
(if phonologically possible)
Э э
[ɛ]
eh (test, egg, met)
Ю ю
[ju] / [ʲu]
yu (youth, you, use)
Я я
[ja] / [ʲa]
yah (yacht, yard)
Ѣ ѣ
archaic E e
[je] / [ʲe] or [e]
yeh (yes, yet)
Щ щ
[ɕ] - higher-pitched
extended [ʂ] ??(further back [ʃ])
darker sh (WelSH SHeep)
