Russian Vowel Dipthongs Question/Thoughts

[Robert Orr]

>Hello SEELANGers!
>
>I've been wondering if the following are
>dipthongs (or 'almost' dipthongs),
>among other things - please tell me
>if I'm off base or not, or perhaps where
>I could furthur explanations of this:
>
>"Ya" seems to be "EE-AH"
>"Ye" seems to be "EE-EH"
>"Yo" seems to be "EE-OH"
>"Yu" seems to be "EE-OO"
>
>"O" seems to be, sometimes: "owe-ih", othertimes "owe-uh"
>"A" seems to be, sometimes: "ah-ih", othertimes "ah-uh"



These may be related to the qualities of the flanking consonants (if any)

Robert Orr

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