^abThe /w/ phoneme, spelled в, has two allophones:
Before vowels: a bilabial approximant Template:IPAblink (transcribed here [β] for simplicity), or in some transcriptions a labiodental approximant Template:IPAblink especially before /i/;
Everywhere else, including word-initially before a consonant: a labialized velar semivowel [u̯] (Template:Harvcoltxt).
^The "soft" (palatalized) vowel letters Template:Angbr represent a /j/ and a vowel at the beginning of a word or after a vowel.
^In Ukrainian, geminates are found between vowels: багаття/bɑˈɦɑtʲːɑ/bonfire, подружжя/pɔˈdruʒːɑ/married couple, обличчяface. Geminates also occur at the beginning of a few words: лляний/ˈlʲːɑnɪj/flaxen, forms of the verb литиto pour (ллю /lʲːu/, ллєш/lʲːɛʃ/ etc.), ссати/ˈsːɑtɪ/to suck and derivatives.[senza fonte]
