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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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