My dear Russian friends, why isn't й a vowel?

>>76461806
its like ll in mexican, and you don't even use your vocal cords to make the sound

>>76461843
Hey, english, why are y and w consonants? A consonant implies some sort of articulation, and neither letter features any

>>76461843
TIL "Mexican" became a language...
That's the most american thing I've seen all day.

>>76461806
Mm.. Tradition? In old Russian and some modern Slavic languages even R acts as wovel.

>>76462497

>>76458317

>>76462581
>even R acts as wovel.
you mean "я" r-right?

>>76462860
srpski
brno
wawrnki

just some slavic sounds that came to mind that use r as vowel

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>>76462860
No, "P" as in "Poccия"

>>76462581
>In old Russian
That would be Church Slavonic. Old Russian didn't have syllabic consonants.

t. вълкъ, cьpдьцe, тъpгъ

>>76463229
Thats because they dont have glorious ъ.

>>76464849
so what is the reason?

>>76464921
The reason of what?

>>76461806
because we are subhumans and our language is degenerate shit

>>76464902

Also that, what is it for? I've never seen it be used.

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>>76462497
This language is mine, Kukulkan gave it to me