I'm curious about the vowel ы in Russian. I'm sorry I don't know the IPA way of representing this, but it's what is often
transliterated as 'y', e.g., 'mysh' = mouse.
How widespread is this vowel in other languages, either those
that are in geographical proximity to the areas where Russian is
spoken, or in languages that are related to Russian (Slavic)?
How common is it in other areas and other language families?
Finally, are there any theories of how this vowel evolved in
Russian?
Re: Russian vowel =?KOI8-R?B?2Q==?= ... though the vowel itself is more velarized... ... > that are in geographical proximity to the areas where Russian is ... or in languages that are related to Russian? ... I think the quality of the ы in Russian is fairly unique within Slavic ... (sci.lang)
Re: Help with family name, please ... >> Russian.... For that matter, it's interesting that in Czech, the first vowel of "wine" is long, while the first vowel of "dowry" is short. ... (sci.lang)
re: Letter Y in Polish ... Law", i.e. the Jewish Bible, not the Christian. ... The name of the Cyrillic letter in question, which looks exactly like this: bI, is, if transliterated, yerbI, note that I am using the Cyrillic in the second syllable, which is stressed and pronounced like the 'i' in 'hill', but with lips spread more and tongue pulled back more. ... In Russian the ending does not consist of two vowels, but of the vowel bI + plus the consonant 'y' as in boy, bay, buy, etc. ... (soc.genealogy.jewish)
Re: permissible syllable codas in major world languages)? ... Paul didn't indicate stress at all: the Czech name, ... Then what are the acutes doing on both the Russian and the Czech ... The American interviewer, of course, wouldn't have the slightest ... (If length is in fact the important differandum in BrE vowel... (sci.lang)
