The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Estonian and Finnish pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. See Finnish phonology and Estonian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of these languages.
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Examples |
English approximation
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Consonants
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d
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Finnish Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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ladder
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h
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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horse
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j
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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yoyo
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k
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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scold
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l
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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lack
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lʲ[1]
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Estonian only Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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leep
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m
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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mocha
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n
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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nanny
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nʲ[1]
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Estonian only Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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new
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p
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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spill
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r
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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rolled r
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s
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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sole
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sʲ[1]
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Estonian only Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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super (some dialects)
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t
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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stand
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tʲ[1]
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Estonian only Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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tune
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ʋ
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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Between v and w
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Stress
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ˈ
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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(placed on the first syllable)
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IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
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Vowels
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ɑ
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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Same as but shorter than a in father
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ɑː
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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father
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æ
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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cat
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æː
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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mad
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e[2]
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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let
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eː[2]
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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émigré
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i
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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kid
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iː
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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see
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o[2]
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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chore
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oː[2]
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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No English equivalent, similar to French bureau
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ø[2]
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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Similar to RP word or bird, Swedish öl,
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øː[2]
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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Similar to RP bird, German schön
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ɤ
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Estonian only: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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Similar to (oʊ) in Estonia, code, boat, goal, bone, go
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ɤː
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Estonian only: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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Same as above but longer
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u
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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wood
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uː
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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coop
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y
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Finnish Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found. Estonian Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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No English equivalent; similar to French tu, German füllen
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yː
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Finnish Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found. Estonian Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/iana scripts' not found.
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No English equivalent; similar to French Lune, German führen
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ai, au, äi, äy, ei, eu, oi, ou, öi, öy, ui, yi, iu, ie, uo, yö, (ey), (iy).
ae, ai, ao, au, äe, äi, äo, äu, ea, ei, eo, iu, oa, oe, oi, ou, õa, õe, õi, õo, õu, öa, öe, öi, ui, üi.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 In Estonian, the palatalized consonants, /tʲ nʲ sʲ lʲ/ are pronounced like their non-palatalized counterparts, but with constriction of the tongue towards the hard palate, as if pronouncing a simultaneous /j/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 The open-mid vowels [ɛ œ ɔ] may also be seen for /e ø o/.
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