I doubt that because Sanskrit vowels (save *short* a-sound) are "pure", like those e.g. in Italian and Finnish, whereas that Russian i-like sound (as in 'bit') would be, I believe, described as reduced (not sure about that, though), like many vowels for instance in English.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" <emptybill@...> wrote: > > 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 > > >
