CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VOCAL SYSTEM OF DAGESTAN LANGUAGES IN COMPARISON WITH RUSSIAN

Abstract

The system of Dagestan languages largely diverges from the phonetic system of the Russian language in terms of the functioning of individual phonetic units, as well as in its sound structure. At the same time, the compared languages differ not only in their paradigmatic and syntagmatic location in relation to each other, the number of sound units, their articulatory and acoustic characteristics, but also in the meaning-distinguishing or meaning-forming function that they perform. From this point of view, the phonetic system of Dagestan languages reveals much more discrepancies and differences in comparison with the phonetic system of the Russian language than similarities and commonalities. The article concludes that discrepancies in compatibility with various phonetic units and positional variation, as well as other phonological features, determine the uniqueness of each vowel system and affect the ways of pronunciation and perception of sounds in the Dagestani and Russian languages.