Russian is an ancient, complex, but extremely beautiful and melodic language. A fundamental point in it is the alphabet, rich in consonants and vowels and allowing you to make any combination of sound forms.
The smallest and indivisible particles that can be easily pronounced and heard in it are sounds. They exist in written and oral form and are intended 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 features of word-making graphics, since the softness of the coordinated sounds cannot be indicated by a deaf letter, but only by a voiced or soft sign.
We can pronounce consonants only if an obstacle appears in the path of the air stream that forms the lower lip or tongue as they approach each other, or when they close with the upper lip, teeth, or sky.
During the overcoming of a click or a bow by the air flow, noise is formed, which is the main component of sounds: the connection of noise and tone in voiced, and in the deaf, it is their main component. Therefore, consonants are subdivided according to the “voiced – deaf” feature.
Voiced consonants consist only of noise and voice. These include: [b], [r], [c], [n], [g], [m], [d], [l], [h], their soft pairs, and also [y '] and [g]. During their pronunciation, the flow of air that passes through the barrier affects and causes the vocal cords to oscillate .
When pronouncing deaf consonants, the vocal cords remain completely relaxed. They are pronounced without a voice and consist only of noise. Deaf are: [], [], [], [], [], [] and the soft sounds corresponding to them, as well as [ '] and [], [] and [' ].
According to the “hardness-softness” attribute, consonants have one single main difference, which is the location of the language. It shifts a little forward when pronouncing soft sounds, and its middle part rises to the sky. While the pronunciation of solids, its main part goes back.
By "hardness-softness" sounds form 15 pairs. Solid unpaired - [c], [w], [g], and [d '], [u'] and [h '] - soft consonants. Others - [] and [ '] - do not have pairs, because they differ by such criteria as “hardness-softness” and “shortness-longitude”.
Consonant sounds that are formed during the closure of the organs of speech and due to an explosion of air when they are quickly opened are related. These are considered [n], [k], [b], [d], [g], [t].
The ringing sounds [n], [m] and [l] are so called, because the tip of the tongue fits tightly with the upper jaw, but cracks form between its edge and lateral teeth, due to which air comes out. When a narrow hole is formed when pronouncing sounds, resembling a gap, such consonant sounds are called slotted sounds. These include the following: [w], [c], [s], [x], [g], [f] and [h].
The correct understanding of sound forms and the ability to define them in words is the main component of the Russian language. Those who “have power” over consonant letters are given a simpler curriculum.