Re: Russian vowel ы

From: "Marc Adler" <marc.adler@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 29 Jul 2005 16:44:43 -0700

Wiktor S. wrote:

> Is it like Japanese /u/? In some contexts it sounds for me like ы.

No, it's definitely closer to /i/ than Japanese /u/, although it's low
enough and far back enough that they use it like the Japanese do as a
filler vowel between (and after final) consonants when transliterating
foreign words.

Marc

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