- Russ ian ▁nations , ▁the ▁Ch uv ash ▁were ▁educated ▁in ▁Russian , ▁while ▁writing ▁in ▁run es ▁rec ur red ▁with ▁simple ▁fol ks . ▁ ▁Ph on ology ▁ ▁Cons on ants ▁The ▁con son ants ▁are ▁the ▁following ▁( the ▁corresponding ▁C yr ill ic ▁letters ▁are ▁in ▁brackets ): ▁The ▁stops , ▁s ibil ants ▁and ▁aff ric ates ▁are ▁vo ic eless ▁and ▁for tes ▁but ▁become ▁len es ▁( s ounding ▁similar ▁to ▁vo iced ) ▁in ▁inter v ocal ic ▁position ▁and ▁after ▁liqu ids , ▁nas als ▁and ▁semi - v ow els . ▁Ан не пе ▁sounds ▁like ▁an ne be , ▁but ▁ку ша к па ▁sounds ▁like ▁k uz h ak pa . ▁However , ▁gem inate ▁con son ants ▁do ▁not ▁under go ▁this ▁len ition . ▁Furthermore , ▁the ▁vo iced ▁con son ants ▁occurr ing ▁in ▁Russian ▁are ▁used ▁in ▁modern ▁Russian - language ▁lo ans . ▁Cons on ants ▁also ▁become ▁pal atal ized ▁before ▁and ▁after ▁front ▁v ow els . ▁ ▁V ow els ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Kru eg er ▁( 1 9 6 1 ), ▁the ▁Ch uv ash ▁v owel ▁system ▁is ▁as ▁follows ▁( the ▁precise ▁IP A ▁symbols ▁are ▁chosen ▁based ▁on ▁his ▁description ▁since ▁he ▁uses ▁a ▁different ▁trans cription ). ▁ ▁And rás ▁R ón a - T as ▁( 1 9 9 7 ) ▁provides ▁a ▁somewhat ▁different ▁description , ▁also ▁with ▁a ▁partly ▁id ios ync r