WP:IPA for Russian

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Russian language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. 
{| class="wikitable"	IPA 	Examples 	IPA 	ExamplesRussian makes contrasts between palatalized ("soft") and unpalatalized ("hard") consonants. Palatalized consonants, denoted by a superscript j, ‹ › , are pronounced with the body of the tongue raised toward the hard palate, in a manner similar to the articulation of the y sound in yes. , , , are also considered "soft".	English equivalents
Consonants	Consonants 	Consonants	Consonants 	Consonants 	
 	бок; небо 	 	белый; воробей 	boot; beautiful 	
 	дом; деда 	 	делает; Владимир 	do; dew (for some dialects) 	
 	фата; выставка; Чехов; шурф 	 	фея; червь 	fool; few 	
 	говорю; другой 	 	гербарий; ноги 	goo; ague 	
 	 	 	есть; юла; я; толстый The "soft" vowel letters <е> <ю> and <я> represent a plus a vowel when initial or following other vowels or a yer. When such vowels are unstressed, the may be deleted. 	yes, boy 	
 	кость; книга; рука; бок 	 	кишки; короткий 	cooter; cute 	
 	луна; стула ; ствол is often strongly pharyngealized but this feature is nondistinctive . 	 	лес; колено; мысль 	pill; least 	
 	мыло; думать; там 	 	мясо; доме 	moot; mute 	
 	нос; он 	 	нёс; они; корень 	noon; new (for some dialects) 	
 	пыль; стопа; скрип; зубVoiced obstruents (, and ) are devoiced word-finally unless the next word begins with a voiced obstruent . 	 	пепел; зыбь 	poo; pew 	
 	рыба; широкий; орла; жир 	 	река; четыре; три; зверь 	trilled r, like in Spanish 	
 	собака; писать; нос; глаз 	 	синий; здесь; есть; грызть 	soup; super (for some dialects) 	
 	широкий; наш; хороший; муж; что 	 	щегол; считать; мужчина; вращать While some speakers pronounce words with <щ> as and some as , none contrast the two pronunciations, even in words where this sound is spelled with other letters.	shop; fresh cheese 	
 	тот; читаю; водка;In consonant clusters, the voicing or devoicing is determined by that of the final obstruent in the sequence лёд	 	тереть; дитя; грудь 	tool; tune (for some dialects) 	
 	цель; птица; отец 	 	чай; печень; течь 	tsunami, cats; chip 	
 	ваш; давать; егоIntervocalic <г> can represent in certain words and affixes 	 	вести; человек 	voodoo; view 	
 	ходить; ухо; богWhen loses its voicing, it is also lenited 	 	хина; лёгкий 	bach; huge (for some dialects) 	
 	заезжать; язык 	 	зелёный; озеро; просьба; 	zoo; azure (for some dialects) 	
 	жест; тяжёлый 	 	дрожжи; заезжатьThe phoneme is in many dialects is replaced with . 	rouge; 	
==Notes==
==See also==
*Wikipedia:Romanization of Russian
*WP:IPA for Arpitan
*WP:IPA for English
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