Church Slavonic Pronunciation

This is a technical description of the sounds of the Church Slavonic letters. There is an online phonetics course that explains many of the technical terms. I have also indicated English words that have approximately the same sounds (in Standard American English). Note that many Church Slavonic sounds have no exact equivalent in English. The Church Slavonic E-Tutor contains many examples of spoken prayers and is a good resource for learning pronunciation.

	open mid-vowel	father			dental nasal stop; true dental, not apico-alveolar;	no			compound of soft <sha> followed by <cherv">; The soft <sha> is pronounced with tongue in a high position	fresh cheese
	voiced bilabial stop, neutral consonant (may be palatalized or not, depending on the follwing vowel)	book			mid-rounded vowel; true "o"; unlike Russian, it is not reduced in unstressed position (e.g. "goh-spoh-dee", not "goh-spah-dee").	or			hard sign; no sound; indicates pronunciation information about the preceding consonant or grammatical information about the word	No English equivalent
	voiced labiodental fricative, neutral	van			mid-rounded vowel; same sound as <on">	or			mid unrounded high vowel; articulation is identical to that of <izhe> except that the tongue is farther back	see
	voiced velar stop or voiced velar fricative	go			voiceless bilabial stop; never aspirated	pop			soft sign; no sound; indicates pronunciation information about the preceding consonant or grammatical information about the word	No English equivalent
	voiced apico-dental stop, true dental, not alveolar	do			tongue-tip trill; neutral consonant	burrito			same sound as <est'>; mid front vowel; preiotated at the beginning of a word or after a vowel; may cause palatalization of a preceding neutral consonant	echo yes
	mid front vowel; preiotated at the beginning of a word or after a vowel; may cause palatalization of a preceding neutral consonant	echo yes			voiceless dental fricative; neutral consonant	send			preiotated <uk>; preiotated in word-initial and after a vowel; can cause palatalization of a preceding neutral consonant when <ju> is not in syllable initial position	you
	voiced palatal fricative; rather dorsal: place of articulation is the dorsum of the tongue; feel a buzzing around your molars; hard consonant	treasure			voiceless dental stop; never aspirated; not alveolar	top			preiotated <az">; found only at the beginning of a word, so it is always preiotated.	yahoo
	voiced dental fricative	zoo			high rounded back vowel; not a diphthong	zoo			preiotated <az">; found only at the beginning of a word, so it is always preiotated.	yahoo
	voiced dental fricative	zoo			voiceless labiodental fricative	fun			voiceless velar affricate (compound of <kakw> and <slovo> sounds); used for borrowings from Greek	rocks
	high, front, unrounded vowel	see			voiceless velar fricative	loch			voiceless bilabial affricate (compound of <pokoj> and <slovo> sounds); used for borrowings from Greek	lips
	high, front, unrounded vowel	see			sounds of <omega> and <tverdo> written together for decorative and historic purposes;	N/A			same sound as <fert>; used for borrowings from Greek that use theta	fun
	voiceless velar stop, never aspirated	key			voiceless dental affricate; articulated with the tongue very low; hard consonant: the following vowel must be a back vowel regardless of how it is written	cuts			as a vowel, same sound as <izhe>; sometimes, especially after <az"> and <est">, is part of a diphthong and has consonantal sound equal to that of <vedi>	see van
	lateral sonorant; neutral; palatalized before front vowel; non-palatalized before back vowel;	love			voiceless palatal-alveolar affricate; tongue is high; soft consonant; any following vowel is fronted	chop
	bilabial nasal stop; neutral;	man			voiceless palatal fricative; tongue very low, rather dorsal; voiceless counterpart to <zhivete>; hard consonant	show

Questions

Is kakw a neutral consonant?

Is nash" a neutral consonant?

Is pokoj a neutral consonant?

Is rcy a dental (not apico-alveolar) consonant?

Is ljudi apico-dental?

Do <jer"> and <jer'> indicate any pronunciation information other than the hardness or softness of the preceding consonant?

Does <jus malyj> cause palatalization of a preceding neutral consonant (when <jus malyj> is not in syllable initial position)? E.g. <imja> is palatalized (and pronounced "eemyah"), while <nashja> is not palatalized and is pronounced the same as <nasha>?