The Russian Consonant Sounds

Russian Consonant Sounds by Eugenia Vlasova http://properrussian.com

The Russian consonant sounds can be voiced or voiceless, hard or soft

Russian Consonant Sounds Soft Hard Voiced Voiceless Б В Г Д Ж З Л М Н Р Б' В' Г' Д' З' Й Л' М' Н' Р' К П С Т Ф Х Ц Ш К' П' С' Т' Ф' Х' Ч Щ

Paired consonants Soft Hard Voiced Voiceless Б Б' П П'

Paired consonants Soft Hard Voiced Voiceless В В' Ф Ф'

Paired consonants Soft Hard Voiced Voiceless Г Г' К К'

Paired consonants Soft Hard Voiced Voiceless Д Д' Т Т'

Paired consonants Soft Hard Voiced Voiceless З З' С С'

Always Hard Soft Hard Voiced Voiceless Ж — Ш —

Always Hard and Voiceless Soft Hard Voiced Voiceless — — Ц —

Always Soft and Voiced Soft Hard Voiced Voiceless — Й — —

Always Voiceless Soft Hard Voiced Voiceless — — Х Х'

Always Soft and Voiceless Soft Hard Voiced Voiceless — — — Ч

No Voiceless pairs Soft Hard Voiced Voiceless Л Л' — —

No Voiceless pairs Soft Hard Voiced Voiceless М М' — —

No Voiceless pairs Soft Hard Voiced Voiceless Н Н' — —

No Voiceless pairs Soft Hard Voiced Voiceless Р Р' — —

Reading Rules A character represents a soft consonant sound if it is followed by any of these letters: Ь , И , Е , Ё , Ю , Я

Reading Rules otherwise, the character represents a hard consonant sound

Reading Rules Ж , Ш , Ц are always hard

Reading Rules Щ and Ч are always soft

Reading Rules A voiced consonant turns into a voiceless one when:
is the last letter of a word
is followed by a voiceless consonant

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by Eugenia Vlasova on Oct 26, 2010