Re: Cyrillic-Rokbeigalmki Question

On Sun, 4 Apr 1999, Josh Brandt-Young wrote:

> On Sun, 4 Apr 1999 22:20:18 -0400 Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
> writes:
> >bI = /i/ ? /j/ ?
>
> Russian: Somewhere between [I] and [1] (though most say it's purely [1],
> I think this is merely for the sake of convenience--I've never heard it
> as such).
> Altaic: Often used for the high back unrounded vowel represented by an
> undotted <i> in Turkish.
I've learnt it as the high central unrounded vowel represented in IPA
by small-i-with-a-stroke, and most Russians I've heard talking
*slowly* say it that way or a little more towards the back (probably
depending on dialect). When Russians talk fast I can't tell what
they're saying :-)

   Irina


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