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regional accents
« on: October 20, 2014, 06:45:31 PM »
When I was looking, I was talking to a girl from Dnepropetrovsk and she had a very heavy accent.  I never spoke Russian to her as Ahe was a translator.  And I hired an artist from there working on my comic who spoke with that same accent.  I am curious about regional accents from Russia and Ukraine.  Thank you.

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Re: regional accents
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2014, 03:26:23 AM »
I am curious about regional accents from Russia and Ukraine.
I think you should be a little more specific as to what you wish to know.

Regional accents occur in ANY country and language: differences are phonetical (pronunciation of vowels and consonants) but also prosodic (lilt, speed, etc.)

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Re: regional accents
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2014, 03:38:44 AM »
When I was looking, I was talking to a girl from Dnepropetrovsk and she had a very heavy accent.  I never spoke Russian to her as Ahe was a translator.  And I hired an artist from there working on my comic who spoke with that same accent.  I am curious about regional accents from Russia and Ukraine.  Thank you.
There are several: "Moscow", Northen, Urals, Siberian, Southern (close to Ukrainian).

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Re: regional accents
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2014, 03:41:49 AM »
Sandro, Dnepropetrovsk is Ukraine, so her accent is "Southern".
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Re: regional accents
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2014, 04:32:28 AM »
I think you should be a little more specific as to what you wish to know.

Regional accents occur in ANY country and language: differences are phonetical (pronunciation of vowels and consonants) but also prosodic (lilt, speed, etc.)

Are you a Russian speaker?

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Re: regional accents
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2014, 04:34:37 AM »
There are several: "Moscow", Northen, Urals, Siberian, Southern (close to Ukrainian).

I had heard that.  If I had to guess, I would say you are from St. Petersburg, no?

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Re: regional accents
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2014, 10:16:39 AM »
I had heard that.  If I had to guess, I would say you are from St. Petersburg, no?
You haven't heard me speak so you can't guess.
I am from South of Russia-Kuban. I don't have too much of a Southern accent because my major is language so I watch))), but yet people know I am from the South.
Russians in Kuban and Don speak with an accent close to Ukrainian.
My dad was Byelorussian with Belorussian accent.
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Re: regional accents
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2014, 10:34:56 AM »
Are you a Russian speaker?

What he posted applies to ANY and all languages.  He even capitalized it for you, as did I.

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Re: regional accents
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2014, 07:34:15 PM »
You haven't heard me speak so you can't guess.
I am from South of Russia-Kuban. I don't have too much of a Southern accent because my major is language so I watch))), but yet people know I am from the South.
Russians in Kuban and Don speak with an accent close to Ukrainian.
My dad was Byelorussian with Belorussian accent.

Is your Dad from Smolensk?  How do Belorussians speak Russian?  How is their accent different from yours?

Also do you find your diction different from that of your children or your parent's generation?  I am grateful you replied.

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Re: regional accents
« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2015, 05:34:40 PM »
I would say that people in Samara speak just like the Moscovites and St Petersburher do. Never noticed any difference. I was always susceptible to such things.
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Re: regional accents
« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2015, 05:43:35 PM »
My wife is from Odessa which has a distinct Russian accent of it's own. As a non speaker I am unable to tell, but native speakers apparently can.

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Re: regional accents
« Reply #11 on: April 04, 2015, 06:54:52 PM »
My wife is from Odessa which has a distinct Russian accent of it's own. As a non speaker I am unable to tell, but native speakers apparently can.

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Re: regional accents
« Reply #12 on: April 04, 2015, 06:58:25 PM »
I would say that people in Samara speak just like the Moscovites and St Petersburher do. Never noticed any difference. I was always susceptible to such things.


I can't speak for Samara, but the accents in Moscow and St. Petersburg are very different.  Muscovites speak very quickly, those in St. Petersburg do not.  I notice a real difference in the Russian of those two cities.


The better half says the Samara accent is different from both, it is very flat.


I've been fascinated in this subject for decades.  My interest arose in 1990, when I happened to listen to a radio interview about halfway through.  I assumed the speaker was an American, based on his flat Russian accent, but the language was flawless, unlike anything I'd ever heard a non Russian speak, ever.  I just had to know who this foreigner speaking perfect Russian was So, I asked my husband if he'd happened to hear who was being interviewed.  He laughed and told me it was a Russian politician.  By the expression on my face, he knew that surprised me, and he asked if I thought it was a foreigner.  He told me the politician was from Siberia, and that in that particular region, that is how they speak.  Since then, it is something I have developed an interest in.


Russian spoken in Ukraine is different from Russian spoken in Russia.  I would describe it as softer, though that is not 100% accurate.  However, one would  not hear a Russian say "sho" or even "shchto", but rarely hear anything else in Ukraine.
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Re: regional accents
« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2015, 07:24:50 AM »
And parts of a person's native accent are often brought over when speaking a foreign language: I can often guess the nationality of someone using Italian or English as an acquired language.

Closed Os and velar Ls are dead giveaways for Russians/Ukrainians, as well as awkward double consonants ;).
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Re: regional accents
« Reply #14 on: April 06, 2015, 03:48:10 PM »
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