Thread: IPA Pronunciation for Russian

Originally Posted by Anixx

Well according Russian phonetic analysis they should be pronounced as [э]. Note that in the case of unstressed о it says is should be pronounced [а], but it does not say anything about unstressed е. This is according the standard rules. And the records linked above confirms this.

What?!

Originally Posted by Marcus

What?!

I second this notion

To cut it short, from a Russian grammar book, unstressed o, like unsterssed a, is either an "uh" sound in pre-pre-tonic or post-tonic. or "a" sort of a sound in pre-tonic or initial position. This is why IPA is helpful because in the word Хорошо. You can only really represent "uh" with an [ə]. (i.e [xərʌ'ʃo])

Unstressed е is said to be pronounced like a short и sound which I believe in IPA can be represented as [I] whereas stressed и would be [i].