We have borrowed to the database the origin transcription notation that was adopted at the Laboratory for Experimental Phonetics of St. Petersburg State University.
Phonemes are divided by spaces: k o0 t 'cat' .
| Symbol | Description | Vowel/Consonant | Symbol | Description | Vowel/Consonant | Symbol | Description | Vowel/Consonant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a0 | stressed /a/ | vowel | C | voiced variant of /ts/ | consonant | m | /m/ | consonant |
| a1 | /a/ in the 1st pre-stressed syllable | vowel | c | /ts/ | consonant | m' | /m'/ | consonant |
| a2 | /a/ in the 2nd pre-stressed syllable | vowel | c' | palatalized variant of /ts/ | consonant | n | /n/ | consonant |
| a4 | post-stressed /a/ | vowel | ch | /tʃ'/ | consonant | n' | /n'/ | consonant |
| e0 | stressed /e/ | vowel | CH | voiced variant of /tʃ'/ | consonant | p | /p/ | consonant |
| e1 | /e/ in the 1st pre-stressed syllable | vowel | CH_ | voiced non-palatalized variant of /tʃ'/ | consonant | p' | /p'/ | consonant |
| e4 | post-stressed /e/ | vowel | ch_ | non-palatalized variant of /tʃ'/ | consonant | r | /r/ | consonant |
| i0 | stressed /i/ | vowel | d | /d/ | consonant | r' | /r'/ | consonant |
| i1 | /i/ in the 1st pre-stressed syllable | vowel | d' | /d'/ | consonant | s | /s/ | consonant |
| i4 | post-stressed /i/ | vowel | f | /f/ | consonant | s' | /s'/ | consonant |
| o0 | stressed /o/ | vowel | f' | /f'/ | consonant | SC | voiced variant of /ʃ ':/ | consonant |
| o1 | /o/ in the 1st pre-stressed syllable | vowel | g | /g/ | consonant | sc | /ʃ ':/ | consonant |
| o4 | post-stressed /o/ | vowel | g' | /g'/ | consonant | sh | /ʃ/ | consonant |
| u0 | stressed /u/ | vowel | H | voiced variant of /x/ | consonant | t | /t/ | consonant |
| u1 | /u/ in the 1st pre-stressed syllable | vowel | h | /x/ | consonant | t' | /t'/ | consonant |
| u4 | post-stressed /u/ | vowel | h' | /x'/ | consonant | v | /v/ | consonant |
| y0 | stressed /y/ | vowel | j | /j/ | consonant | v' | /v'/ | consonant |
| y1 | /y/ in the 1st pre-stressed syllable | vowel | k | /k/ | consonant | z | /z/ | consonant |
| y4 | post-stressed /y/ | vowel | k' | /k'/ | consonant | z' | /z'/ | consonant |
| b | /b/ | consonant | l | /l/ | consonant | zh | /ʒ/ | consonant |
| b' | /b'/ | consonant | l' | /l'/ | consonant | zh' | /ʒ'/ | consonant |