Can it be described in Sanskrit's five points of vocal articulation?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" <cardemaister@...> wrote: > > > Kak molody my byli (How young we were) > > Yikes! Please don't try to pronounce that in Russian! :] > > y = ы, most difficult Russian vowel sound, with no equivalent in English. Closest sound is ei as in being, but vocalised from the back of the throat with the lips pulled back like a smile to show the front teeth > > http://listen2russian.com/lesson01/a/index.html >
