Basilius wrote:
>Some other cities in same country, where local urban accents aren't too
>different, not necessarily because of geographical proximity:
>
>['sankt p_jit_jer'bUrk_h] (note [-nk-], not [-Nk-]; also [p_je-];
> colloquially ['p_jit_jer]
>[vl8d_jivV'stOk_h] (no secondary stress, normally)
>[jik8t_jir_jin'bUrk_h] (same note; also can have [je-] and [-t_je-])
Vladivostok and Ekaterinburg really have the rounded schwa [8]? (was
expecting [6] - not that I know Russian).
Andreas
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