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IPA | Cyrillic | English approximation |
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Monophthongs |
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a | а | betweenfat andfather (short) | aː | аа | betweenfat andfather (long) | e | э | bet (short) | eː | ээ | fairy (long) | i | и[h] | leaf (short) | iː | ий,[i] ы[j] | leaf (long) | ɔ | о | off (short) | ɔː | оо | off (long) | ɵ | ө | Southern Englandput; somewhat likenurse in other dialects | oː | өө | story | u | ү | cool (short) | uː | үү | cool (long) | ʊ | у | pull (short) | ʊː | уу | pull (long) | iotated vowels |
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ja | я | betweenyam andyahoo | jɵ | е | yurt | jɔ | ё | yonder | ju | ю[k] | yule | jʊ | yuck, with a vowel likelook | diphthongs |
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ai | ай[l] | price | ei | эй[m] | flame | ɔi | ой[l] | choice | ui | үй[l] | booyah;Gruyère | ʊi | уй[l] | roughly likeweary orUyghur |
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