Runglish
Pronunciation
Russian English Pronunciation
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Runglish
Pronunciation
Russian English Pronunciation
Contents
1. Vowel system
2. Consonant system
3. Pronunciation of individual words
Vowel system
/i:/→/i/
Runglish /i:/ is much shorter than English /i/.
Heat
is pronounced hit, leave is pronounced live, seat is pronounced sit.
/ɪ/→/i/
Runglish /ɪ/ is
palatalized.
Beat
and bit are pronounced /bjit/, feel and fill are
pronounced /fjil/, meal and mill are pronounced /mjil/.
/æ/→/ɛ/
Runglish /ɛ/ is
much closer than English /æ/.
Bad
is pronounced bed, bag is pronounced beg, sad is pronounced said.
/e/→/ɛ/
Runglish /ɛ/ is
a bit opener than English /e/.
bet /bɛt/,
guess /gɛs/, neck /nɛk/.
/ɑ:/→/a/
Runglish /a/ is much
closer and fronter than English /ɑ:/.
Calm
is pronounced come, can’t is pronounced cunt, heart
is pronounced hut.
/ʌ/→/a/
Runglish /a/ is a bit
more open and fronter than English /ʌ/.
Bus /bas/, cut /kat/, fun
/fan/.
/ɔ:/→/o/
Runglish /o/ is much
shorter than English /ɔ:/.
Cord
is pronounced cod, port is pronounced pot, sport is
pronounced spot.
/ɒ/→/o/
Runglish /o/ is a bit
closer than English /ɒ/.
Doll
/dol/, lot /lot/, spot
/spot/.
/u:/→/u/
Runglish /u/ is much
shorter than English /u:/.
Fool
is pronounced full, pool is pronounced pull.
/ʊ/→/u/
Runglish /u/ is
lip-rounded and fronted.
Book
/buk/, pul /pul/, put
/put/.
/ɜ:/→/ə/
Runglish /ə/ is
much shorter than English /ɜ:/.
Girl
/gəl/, earn /ən/, fur /fə/.
/ə/→/a/
or /ɛ/
Runglish /a/ and /ɛ/
are fronted and much opener than English /ə/.
Ago /ɛˈgou/,
butter /ˈbata/.
/aɪ/→/aj/
/eɪ/→/ɛj/
/ɔɪ/→/oj/
Final
/ɪ/ in English diphthongs is more consonant-like in Runglish.
Lie
/laj/, may /mɛj/, boy /boj/.
/aʊ/→/ˈau/
/əʊ/→/ˈou/
Diphthongs
ending in /ʊ/ are pronounced as two separate vowels tha
former being stressed in Runglish.
/eə/→/ˈɛa/
/ɪə/→/ˈia/
/ʊə/→/ˈua/
Diphthongs ending in /ə/ are pronounced as two separate vowels, the
former being stressed and the latter being fronted in Runglish.
Fair /ˈfɛa/, near /ˈnia/,
sure /ˈʃua/.
Consonant system
1.
Final voiced consonants are devoiced
final /b/→/p/
final /v/→/f/
Leave
is pronounced leaf.
final /g/→/k/
Dog
is pronounced dock.
final /d/→/t/
Food
is prounced foot.
final /z/→/s/
Buzz
is pronounced bus.
final /ʒ/→/ʃ/
Beige
/bɛjʃ/
final /ʤ/→/ʧ/
Serge
is pronounced search.
2.
English aspirated consonants lack aspiration in Runglish.
/pʰ/→/p/
Pull
/pʰʊl/→/pul/.
/bʰ/→/b/
Bus /bʰʌs/→/bas/.
/kʰ/→/k/
Car
/kʰɑ:/→/ka/.
/gʰ/→/g/
Go
/gʰəʊ/→/ˈgou/.
/tʰ/→/t/
Top
/tʰɒpʰ/→/top/.
/dʰ/→/d/
Dog /dʰɒgʰ/→/dok/.
3.
Runglish /r/ is rolled on the tongue as in Scots,
Irish, Italian or Spanish.
4.
/h/→/x/
Like
in Scottish loch and Irish lough, Runglish /h/ is heavily aspirated.
5.
/ŋ/→/n/
Bang is pronounced ban, sing
is pronounced sin.
6.
/w/→/v/
Wheel is pronounced veal.
7. /Ɵ/→/s/
or, less often, /f/
Thick
may be pronounced sick.
/ð/→/z/ or, less often, /d/
Theme may be pronounced deem.
Conclusion
Most English words are pronounced with Russian
articulation in Runglish, which sometimes makes two,
three or even four different English words sound the same in Runglish.
Feel and fill sound /fjil/.
Back, bag, and beg sound /bɛk/
Bad, bat, bed, and bet sound /bɛt/
Pronunciation of individual words
Alibi
/ˈælɪbaɪ/→/ˈɛljibji/,
advanced pronunciation /ˈelɪbɪ/
Asthma
/ˈæsmə/→/ˈɛstma/,
advanced pronunciation /ˈestmə/
Bass
/beɪs/→/bɛs,
bas/, advanced pronunciation /
Baltic
/ˈbɔ:ltɪk/→/ˈbɛltjik, ˈbaltjik/,
advanced pronunciation /ˈbeltɪk, ˈbɑ:ltɪk/
Beret
/ˈbereɪ/→/ˈbɛrɛt/, advanced
pronunciation /ˈberət/
Blood
/blʌd/→/blut/,
advanced pronunciation /blʊd/
Bomb
/bɒm/→/bomp/,
advanced pronunciation /bɒmb/
Borough
/ˈbʌrə/→/ˈborou/,
advanced pronunciation /ˈbɒrəʊ/
Bury
/ˈberɪ/→/ˈbərji/,
advanced pronunciation /ˈbɜ:rɪ/
Chaos
/ˈkeɪɒs/→/ˈxaos/,
advanced pronunciation /ˈhʌəs/
Cliche
/ˈklɪʃeɪ/→/kljiˈʃɛ/,
advanced pronunciation /klɪˈʃe/
Colonel
/ˈkɜ:nl/→/ˈkolanɛl/, advanced pronunciation /ˈkɒlənəl/
Comb
/kəʊm/→/komp/,
advanced pronunciation /kɒmp/
Company
/ˈkʌmpənɪ/→/ˈkompanji/,
advanced pronunciation /ˈkɒmpənɪ/
Comment
/ˈkɒmənt/→/kaˈmɛnt/,
advanced pronunciation /kəˈment/
Corps
/kɔ:/→/kops/, advanced pronunciation /kɔ:ps/
Coup
/ku:/→/kup/, advanced pronunciation /ku:p/
/krəʊˈeɪʃə/→/kraˈɛjtja/,
advanced pronunciation /krʌˈeɪtjə/
Cruise
/kru:z/→/ˈkruis/, advanced pronunciation /ˈkru:ɪz/
Crumb
/krʌm/→/kramp/,
advanced pronunciation /krʌmb/
Deficit
/ˈdefɪsɪt/→/ˈdɛfjitsit/,
advanced pronunciation /ˈdefɪtsɪt/
Dichotomy
/daɪˈkɒtəmɪ/→/djiˈxotamji/,
advanced pronunciation /dɪˈhɒtəmɪ/
Dilemma
/daɪˈlemə/→/djiˈljɛma/,
advanced pronunciation /dɪˈlemə/
Dioxide
/daɪˈɒksaɪd/→/ˈdjiaksajt/,
advanced pronunciation /ˈdɪəksaɪd/
Doubt
/daʊt/→/daupt/,
advanced pronunciation /daʊbt/
Exploitation
/ˌeksplɔɪˈteɪʃn/→/ɛkspluaˈtɛjʃn/,
advanced pronunciation /ˌeksplʊəˈteɪʃn/
Flood
/flʌd/→/flut/,
advanced pronunciation /flʊd/
Hotel
/həʊˈtel/→/ˈhoutɛl/,
advanced pronunciation /ˈhəʊtl/
Nazi
/ˈnɑ:tsɪ/→/ˈnɛzji/, advanced pronunciation
/ˈnezɪ/
Palm
/pɑ:m/→/pɛlm/, advanced pronunciation /pelm/
Pleasant
/ˈplezənt/→/ˈpljizant/,
advanced pronunciation /ˈplɪzənt/
Protein
/ˈprəʊti:n/→/proutɛˈin/, advanced pronunciation /prəʊteˈɪn/
Pseudonym
/sju:dənɪm/→/ˈpsɛvdanjim/, advanced
pronunciation /ˈpsevdənɪm/
Rouble
/ˈru:bl/→/ˈrabl/, advanced pronunciation /rʌbl/
Sweat
/swet/→/svjit/,
advanced pronunciation /swɪt/
Useless
/ˈju:sləs/→/ˈjuzljis/, advanced pronunciation /ˈju:zlɪs/
Vase
/vɑ:z/→/vɛjs/, advanced pronunciation /veɪs/
Were
/wɜ:/→/vɛ, ˈvɛa/,
advanced pronunciation /we, weə/
Worry
/ˈwʌrɪ/→/ˈvorji/,
advanced pronunciation /ˈwɒrɪ/
Year
/jɪə/→/ˈjɛa/,
advanced pronunciation /ˈjeə/
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