how to pronounce соня

/ˈsonʲə/

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соня is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of соня in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… друг другу и я соня я понял это …”

meanings of соня

noun:

Dormouse.
Sleepyhead.

name:

A diminutive, Sonya, of the female given names Со́фья or Софи́я.

соня frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word соня occurs in russian on average 7.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.