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Russian
Руси
[rusʲɪ]
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 12 September 2018
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.
Sample of Russian[view] ЦЕ ХАТ СКАНОН МЫНАН ЧАУЮ ЧАША РАСТНУН

WILL SOMEONE MAKE ME A CUP OF TEA ALREADY
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Latest vocabulary
ханзиadjgood
раваncloud
рафтваadjfirst
Language family relationships
Language treeIranian
 ⤷ Proto-Iranian
  ⤷ East
   ⤷  Russian
[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
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
AlveolarRetroflexAlveolo-
palatal
VelarOther
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        
  1. before an iotated vowel, allophone of /ɫ/
VowelsFrontNear-
front
CentralBack
Close ʲi   ɨ u ʲu
Near-close   [ʲɪ]1    
Close-mid ʲe     o
Mid     [ə]2  
Near-open ʲæ      
Open a      
  1. unstressed, allophone of /ʲe/
  2. 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]1Жж/ʐ/Зз/z/Ии/ʲi/
Кк/k/Лл/ɫ/, [l]2Мм/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]
  1. unstressed
  2. before an iotated vowel
Typological information for Russian

Animacy distinctionsAnimate/Inanimate
Coarticulation / Consonant seriesPalatalised/ plain
Number of nominal casesFour cases
Noun-relative clause orderCorrelative
Marked aspect (verb)Perfective and imperfective

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