Pronunciation Ya (Cyrillic)

it so-called iotated vowel , typically sounds /ja/ in initial or post-vocalic position, between english pronunciations of ⟨ya⟩ in yard , yack .

when ⟨я⟩ follows soft consonant, no /j/ sound occurs between consonant , vowel.

exact pronunciation of vowel sound of ⟨я⟩ depends on succeeding sound due allophony in slavic languages. before soft consonant [æ], near-open front unrounded vowel – in bat . if hard consonant follows ⟨я⟩, or none, result open vowel, [a] – in french la .

in non-stressed positions reduction depends on language , dialect. standard russian language reduces vowel [ɪ], in yakanye dialects ⟨я⟩ not reduce @ all, although other instances of /a/ phoneme (represented letter ⟨а⟩) reduce.

in bulgarian vowel sound reduced /ɐ/ in unstressed syllables, , pronounced /ɤ̞/ in stressed verb , definite article endings.