Appendix:Old Church Slavonic pronunciation

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Consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
b баба box
добръ dust
d̪͡z̪ ѕвѣꙁда birds
ɡ глаголати good
k кꙋпити school
ɫ̪ лѫкъ light
ɫ̩ влькъ little
ʎ любити million
m мати marine
надєжда north
ɲ чрѣшьн canyon
p пѧть speak
r работа as in rather, but trilled
мор҄є more yaks, but with a trilled "r"
тръгъ, крьстъ water (American English)
словѣнинъ salt
ʃ шлємъ sugar
трꙋдъ style
t̪͡s̪ цвѣтъ bats
t͡ʃ чаша cheese
v вѣра view
x Христъ loch (Scottish English)
ємлꙗ zoo
ʒ жѫтва pleasure
Marginal consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
f фараѡнъ pharaoh
θ (hypothetical) страѳокамиль thing
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
ɑ анъгєлъ father
æ лѣто as
ʊ ѫгълъ foot
ʊ̆ ѫгълъ foot (but shorter)
ɛ єѵанъгєльѥ edge
ɛ̃ мѣсѧць men
i тоци police
ɪ съмрьть bit
ɪ̆ съмрьть bit (but shorter)
ɔ обраꙁъ off
ɔ̃ съвѫꙁъ online
u оутро, Їиссъ pool
ɨ ~ ɯ мслити foot (but unrounded)
Iotified vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
сти yard
ѥсмь yes
jɛ̃ ѩꙁꙑкъ yen
наімъ yin and yan
jɪ̆ ігра yin and yang (but shorter)
ji Їѡанъ yield
jɔ̃ съѭꙁъ yonder
ju югъ unity
Marginal vowels
IPA Examples French approximation
y (hypothetical) Анъкѷра u
Other symbols
IPA Description
◌ʲ Palatalization of the preceding consonant
◌̪ Dental articulation of the consonant
◌̩ Consonant in syllabic position
◌̃ Nasal articulation of the vowel
◌̆ Ultrashort articulation of the vowel

References

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  • Todd B. Krause, Jonathan Slocum (2023 August 10 (last accessed)) “The Sound System”, in Old Church Slavonic Online[1], The University of Texas at Austin
  • David Huntley (1993) “Old Church Slavonic”, in Bernard Comrie, Greville G. Corbett, editors, The Slavonic Languages, Routledge, →ISBN, Phonology, pages 126–134