Russian [RUSI]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Russian
The national language of Russia and a language of wider communication within the former Srask Union.
A direct descendant of Sarmatian, an Eastern Iranian language.
A direct descendant of Sarmatian, an Eastern Iranian language.
Sample of Russian[view] ЦЕ ХАТ СКАНОН МЫНАН ЧАУЮ ЧАША РАСТНУН
WILL SOMEONE MAKE ME A CUP OF TEA ALREADY[view all texts]
WILL SOMEONE MAKE ME A CUP OF TEA ALREADY[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[view] About IranianHistorical Iranian languages are grouped in three stages: Old Iranian (until 400 BCE), Middle Iranian (400 BCE – 900 CE), and New Iranian (since 900 CE). Of the Old Iranian languages, the better understood and recorded ones are Old Persian (a languag...
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Velar | Other | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||
Fricative | f | s | z | ʂ | ʐ | x | ||||||||
Affricate | t͡s | t͡ɕ | ||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | [l]1 | ɫ | ||||||||||||
Approximant | ʋ | |||||||||||||
Trill | r |
- before an iotated vowel, allophone of /ɫ/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
Close | ʲi | ɨ | u ʲu | |||||
Near-close | [ʲɪ]1 | |||||||
Close-mid | ʲe | o | ||||||
Mid | [ə]2 | |||||||
Near-open | ʲæ | |||||||
Open | a |
- unstressed, allophone of /ʲe/
- allophone of /a/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Russian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
RussianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
Аа/a/, [ə] | Бб/b/ | Вв/ʋ/ | Гг/g/ | Дд/d/ | Ее/ʲe/, [ʲɪ]1 | Жж/ʐ/ | Зз/z/ | Ии/ʲi/ |
Кк/k/ | Лл/ɫ/, [l]2 | Мм/m/ | Нн/n/ | Оо/o/ | Пп/p/ | Рр/r/ | Сс/s/ | Тт/t/ |
Уу/u/ | Фф/f/ | Хх/x/ | Цц/t͡s/ | Чч/t͡ɕ/ | Шш/ʂ/ | Ыы/ɨ/ | Юю/ʲu/ | Яя/ʲæ/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
- unstressed
- before an iotated vowel