Moscow dialect explained

Moscow dialect
Familycolor:indo-european
Also Known As:Moscow accent
Nativename:Московское произношение
Region:Moscow
Fam2:Balto-Slavic
Fam3:Slavic
Fam4:East Slavic
Fam5:Russian
Ancestor:Proto-Indo-European
Ancestor2:Proto-Balto-Slavic
Ancestor3:Proto-Slavic
Ancestor4:Old East Slavic
Script:Russian alphabet
Isoexception:dialect
Ietf:ru-u-sd-rumow

The Moscow dialect or Moscow accent (Russian: Московское произношение|Moskovskoye proiznosheniye|mɐˈskofskəjə prəɪznɐˈʂenʲɪɪ), sometimes Central Russian,[1] is the spoken Russian language variety used in Moscow – one of the two major pronunciation norms of the Russian language alongside the Saint Petersburg norm. Influenced by both Northern and Southern Russian dialects,[2] the Moscow dialect is the basis of the Russian literary language.[3]

Overview

The 1911 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica wrote:

Examples

Dialectпонятно
Understood
что
what
ничего
nothing
Explanation
Moscow and Central Russiapronounced as /ru/pronounced as /ru/pronounced as /ru/Unstressed pronounced as //o// becomes pronounced as /ru/ or pronounced as /ru/.
is pronounced pronounced as /ru/.
Intervocalic is pronounced pronounced as /ru/.
The Northponjatnoštoničevo
Old St. Petersburgpanjatnačtoničego
The Southpanjatnaštoničevo
Source:

Notes and References

  1. Book: Rough Guide Phrasebook: Russian. 2012. Penguin. London. 9781405390576. 16–17. Updated.
  2. Book: Sokolʹskiĭ, A. A.. A history of the Russian language. 1966. Impr. Taravilla. 106.
  3. Book: Винокур, Григорий Осипович . Mary A. . Forsyth . Edited by James Forsyth . The Russian language; a brief history . 1971 . Cambridge University Press . 9780521079440 . 15 .