Consonant sounds in Russian

Russian is an ancient, complex, but extremely beautiful and melodic language. The fundamental moment in it is an alphabet rich in consonants and vowels and allowing to compose any combinations of sound forms.

The smallest and indivisible particles that can be easily pronounced and heard, there are sounds in it. They exist in written and oral form and are designed to form differences in words and morphemes. Without these particles, any speech would become not just "poor", but also difficult to pronounce.

In Russian, there are thirty-six consonants and six vowels. This situation arises in view of the main feature of word-composing graphics, since the softness of the agreed sounds can not be indicated by a deaf letter, but only by a ringing or a soft sign.

We can only say consonants if an obstacle appears on the path of the air jet, which forms the lower lip or tongue as they approach each other, or when they meet with the upper lip, teeth or sky.

During the overcoming of a stream of air by a sliver or a bow, noise is formed, which is the main component of the sounds: there is a connection of noise and tone in the sonorous, and in the deaf it is their main component. Therefore, consonants are classified according to the "voiced-deafness" sign.

Voiced consonant sounds consist only of noise and voice. These include: [b], [p], [c], [n], [r], [m], [d], [n], [s], their soft pairs, and [d] And [x]. During their pronunciation, the flow of air that passes through the obstruction affects and causes the vocal cords to oscillate .

When pronouncing voiceless consonants, the vocal cords remain completely relaxed. They are pronounced without a voice and consist only of noise. The following soft sounds are considered to be deaf: [x], [k], [ph], [n], [t], [c] and the soft sounds corresponding to them, as well as [nu '] and [w], [n] and [ ].

On the basis of "hardness-softness", consonants have a single main difference, which is the location of the language. It shifts slightly forward when you pronounce soft sounds, and its middle part rises to the sky. While in the pronunciation of solid the main part of it goes back.

By "hardness-softness" sounds form 15 pairs. Solid unpaired - [ц], [ш], [ж], and [й '], [щ'] and [ч '] - soft consonant sounds. Others - [w] and [uw '] - do not have pairs, because they differ by such criteria as "hardness-softness" and "shortness-longitude".

Consonant sounds, which are formed during the closing of the organs of speech and due to the explosion of air during their rapid opening, are related to the stop. Such are considered [n], [k], [b], [d], [r], [t].

The fade-passing sounds [n], [m] and [l] are so called, because the tip of the tongue tightly closes with the upper jaw, but crevices are formed between its edge and the lateral teeth, due to which the air comes out. When a narrow hole resembling a slit is formed during the pronunciation of sounds, then such consonant sounds are called slit sounds. These include the following: [ш], [в], [с], [х], [ж], [ф] and [з].

A correct understanding of sound forms and the ability to determine them in words is the main component of the Russian language. Who "has the power" over the open-consonant letters, the easier it is given further the school program.