Vowel system
/i:/-/i/
Runglish /i:/ is much shorter
than English /i/.
Heat is pronounced hit, leave
is pronounced live, seat is pronounced sit.
/I/-/i/
Runglish /I/ is
palatalized.
Beat and bit are pronounced
/bjit/, feel and fill are pronounced /fjil/, meal and mill are pronounced
/mjil/.
/a:/-/a/
Runglish /a/ is much closer and
fronter than English /a:/.
Calm is pronounced come, can't
is pronounced cunt, heart is pronounced hut.
/^/-/a/
Runglish /a/ is a bit more open
and fronter than English /^/.
Bus /bas/, cut /kat/, fun
/fan/.
/):/-/o/
Runglish /o/ is much shorter
than English /):/.
Cord is pronounced cod, port is
pronounced pot, sport is pronounced spot.
/b/-/o/
Runglish /o/ is a bit closer
than English /b/.
Doll /dol/, lot /lot/, spot
/spot/.
/u:/-/u/
Runglish /u/ is much shorter
than English /u:/.
Fool is pronounced full, pool
is pronounced pull.
Runglish /u/ is lip-rounded and
fronted.
Book /buk/, pul /pul/, put
/put/.
/з:/-/ə/
Runglish /ə/ is much shorter
than English /з:/.
Girl /gəl/, earn /ən/, fur
/fə/.
/ə/-/a/
Runglish /a/ is
fronted and much opener than English /ə/.
Butter
/'bata/.
Consonant system
1. Final voiced consonants are
devoiced
final /b/-/p/
Bob is pronounced
bop.
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.
2. English aspirated consonants
lack aspiration in Runglish.
/ph/-/p/
Pull /phul/-/pul/.
/bh/-/b/
Bus /bh^s/-/bas/.
/kh/-/k/
Car /kha:/-/ka/.
/gh/-/g/
Go /ghəu/-/'gou/.
/th/-/t/
Top /thbph/-/top/.
/dh/-/d/
Dog /dhbgh/-/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. /Q/-/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
/bek/
Bad, bat, bed, and bet sound
/bet/
Pronunciation of individual
words
Alibi
/'ælIbaI/-/eljibji/, advanced
pronunciation /'elIbI/
Beret
/'bereI/-/'beret/, advanced
pronunciation /'berət/
Bury
/'berI/-/'bərji/, advanced
pronunciation /'be:rI/
Comment
/'kbmənt/-/ka'ment/, advanced
pronunciation /kə'ment/
Coup
/ku:/-/kup/, advanced
pronunciation /ku:p/
Cruise
/kru:z/-/'kruis/, advanced
pronunciation /'kru:Iz/
Crumb
/kr^m/-/kramp/, advanced
pronunciation /kr^mb/
Deficit
/'defIsIt/-/'defjitsit/,
advanced pronunciation /'defItsIt/
Dilemma
/daI'lemə/-/dji'ljema/,
advanced pronunciation /dI'lemə/
Nazi
/'nb:tsI/-/'nezji/, advanced
pronunciation /'nezI/
Palm
/pa:m/-/pelm/, advanced
pronunciation /pelm/
Pleasant
/'plezənt/-/'pljizant/,
advanced pronunciation /'plIzənt/
Pseudonym
/sju:dənIm/-/'psevdanjim/,
advanced pronunciation /'psevdənIm/
Rouble
/'ru:bl/-/'rabl/, advanced
pronunciation /r^bl/
Sweat
/swet/-/svjit/, advanced
pronunciation /swIt/
Useless
/'ju:slIs/-/'juzljis/, advanced
pronunciation /'ju:zlIs/
Vase
/va:z/-/vejs/, advanced
pronunciation /ve?s/
Were
/wз:/-/ve, 'vea/, advanced
pronunciation /we, weə/
Worry
/'w^rI/-/'vorji/, advanced
pronunciation /'wbrI/
Year
/jIə/-/'jea/, advanced
pronunciation /'jeə/