Re: Cyrillic IPA
| From: | Peter Clark <peter-clark@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, July 31, 2002, 4:16 |
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On Tuesday 30 July 2002 17:59, JS Bangs wrote:
> So yesterday the Slavic dept here at my university gave away a whole bunch
> of old textbooks, and I walked out with a complete set of Russian texts in
> very good condition. I'm starting to work through them, now but I'm a bit
> frustrated by the orthography and poor explanations (though they're not
> half as poor as some others I've seen). Anyway, I know someone has posted
> Cyrillic to IPA information for Russian here before--can they send it on
> again or point me to it in the archives. (Searching through the Yahoo
> groups is *such* a mess.)
Here you go, with the Cyrillic, Latin, and IPA equivalents:
а a a
б b b
в v v
г g g
д d d
е je jE
ё jo jo*
ж zh Z
з z z
и i i
й j j
к k k
л l l
м m m
н n n
о o o*
п p p
р r r
с s s
т t t
у u u
ф f f
х kh x
ц ts** ts
ч ch tS
ш sh S
щ shch StS, S:***
� " ****
ы y 1
ь ' *****
э e E
ю ju ju
я ja ja
* I'm really not quite sure whether "o" should be /o/ or /O/. I do not
distinguish between the two in English, so I have a difficult time deciding
which is which. :)
** You'll often see this transliterated in older literature as "cz" as in
"czar".
*** This sound seems to vary by region. Most textbooks say "freSH CHeese" for
the sound, although when I was in St. Petersburg, most people pronounced it
as a long /S/. Thus, "ещё" was most often pronounced /jES:_jo/.
**** Hard sign; indicates that the preceeding consonant is not palatized. For
instance, in "об� яснить" the "б" is not palatized, even though it is followed
by a "я"
***** Soft sign; indicates that the preceeding consonant is palatized. Final
consonants are generally hard, except when otherwise indicated; hence "очень"
has a final soft "н."
Hope that helps,
:Peter
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