Yes, this is exactly what I'm trying to say. Й is an и краткое ("short и" in translation; yes, it does correspond to a [j] sound, which is also a non-syllabic и - a vowel in its root), a letter which is neither a consonant nor a vowel and stands alone by itself along with soft and hard signs (http://encycl.yandex.ru/cgi-bin/art.pl?art=io/io/19000/13178.htm&encpage=io&mrkp=/yandbtm7%3Fq%3D-1784182801%26p%3D0%26g%3D3%26d%3D0%26ag%3Denc_abc%26tg%3D1%26p0%3D0%26q0%3D856233717%26d0%3D2%26script%3D/yandpage%253F).
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Date: 2003-11-14 01:07 am (UTC)