ConsonantsIPA | Cyrillic | IPA | Cyrillic[1] | English approximation |
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b | б | bʲ | б | boot;beautiful | d | д | do | d͡z | дз | d͡zʲ | дз | birds, adze | d͡ʐ | дж | jug | f | ф | fʲ | ф | fool;few | ɣ | г | ɣʲ | г | Spanish higo | k | к | kʲ | к | scold, skew | l | л[2] | lʲ | л | loot;lute(indialects without yod-dropping) | m | м | mʲ | м | moot;mute | n | н | nʲ | н | noon; canyon | p | п | pʲ | п | span, spew | r | р | trilled r, like in Spanish | s | с | sʲ | с | soup; assume(in dialects without yod-dropping) | ʂ | ш | shore | t | т | stool | t͡s | ц | t͡sʲ | ц | cats | t͡ʂ | ч | child | v | в[2] | vʲ | в | voodoo;view | x | х | xʲ | х | Bach;huge (for some dialects) | z | з | zʲ | з | zoo; resume(in dialects without yod-dropping) | ʐ | ж | rouge | Marginal consonantsIPA | Cyrillic | IPA | Cyrillic | English approximation |
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ɡ | г,ґ | ɡʲ | г,ґ | goo; argue | |
Other symbolsIPA | Explanation |
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ˈ | Stress (placed before the stressed syllable) | ː | Gemination[7] (doubled consonant) | |