| Moscow dialect | |
| Familycolor: | indo-european |
| Also Known As: | Moscow accent |
| Nativename: | Московское произношение |
| Region: | Moscow |
| Fam2: | Balto-Slavic |
| Fam3: | Slavic |
| Fam4: | East Slavic |
| Fam5: | Russian |
| Ancestor: | Proto-Indo-European |
| Ancestor2: | Proto-Balto-Slavic |
| Ancestor3: | Proto-Slavic |
| Ancestor4: | Old East Slavic |
| Script: | Russian alphabet |
| Isoexception: | dialect |
| Ietf: | ru-u-sd-rumow |
The Moscow dialect or Moscow accent (Russian: Московское произношение|Moskovskoye proiznosheniye|mɐˈskofskəjə prəɪznɐˈʂenʲɪɪ), sometimes Central Russian,[1] is the spoken Russian language variety used in Moscow – one of the two major pronunciation norms of the Russian language alongside the Saint Petersburg norm. Influenced by both Northern and Southern Russian dialects,[2] the Moscow dialect is the basis of the Russian literary language.[3]
The 1911 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica wrote:
| Dialect | понятно Understood | что what | ничего nothing | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow and Central Russia | pronounced as /ru/ | pronounced as /ru/ | pronounced as /ru/ | Unstressed pronounced as //o// becomes pronounced as /ru/ or pronounced as /ru/. is pronounced pronounced as /ru/. Intervocalic is pronounced pronounced as /ru/. | |
| The North | ponjatno | što | ničevo | ||
| Old St. Petersburg | panjatna | čto | ničego | ||
| The South | panjatna | što | ničevo | ||
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