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 language for a more thorough look at the sounds of these languages.
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English approximation
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Vowels
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साँचा:square bracket openopen back unrounded vowel|ɑ]]साँचा:yesno
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साँचा:lang
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Same as but shorter than a in father
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ɑː
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साँचा:lang
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father
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साँचा:square bracket opennear-open front unrounded vowel|æ]]साँचा:yesno
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साँचा:lang
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cat
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æː
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साँचा:lang
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mad
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साँचा:square bracket openclose-mid front unrounded vowel|e]]साँचा:yesno[२]
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साँचा:lang
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let
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eː[२]
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साँचा:lang
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émigré
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साँचा:square bracket openclose front unrounded vowel|i]]साँचा:yesno
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साँचा:lang
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kid
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iː
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साँचा:lang
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see
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साँचा:square bracket openclose-mid back rounded vowel|o]]साँचा:yesno[२]
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साँचा:lang
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chore
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oː[२]
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साँचा:lang
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No English equivalent, similar to French bureau
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साँचा:square bracket openclose-mid front rounded vowel|ø]]साँचा:yesno[२]
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साँचा:lang
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Similar to RP word or bird, Swedish öl,
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øː[२]
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साँचा:lang
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Similar to RP bird, German schön
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साँचा:square bracket openclose-mid back unrounded vowel|ɤ]]साँचा:yesno
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Estonian only: साँचा:lang
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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: साँचा:lang
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Same as above but longer
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साँचा:square bracket openclose back rounded vowel|u]]साँचा:yesno
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साँचा:lang
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wood
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uː
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साँचा:lang
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coop
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साँचा:square bracket openclose front rounded vowel|y]]साँचा:yesno
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Finnish साँचा:lang Estonian साँचा:lang
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No English equivalent; similar to French tu, German füllen
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yː
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Finnish साँचा:lang साँचा:nowrap
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No English equivalent; similar to French Lune, German führen
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Finnish diphthongs
ai, au, äi, äy, ei, eu, oi, ou, öi, öy, ui, yi, iu, ie, uo, yö
Estonian diphthongs
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.
Notes and References
साँचा:reflist
See also
- ↑ अ आ इ ई 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/.
- ↑ अ आ इ ई उ ऊ The open-mid vowels [ɛ œ ɔ] may also be seen for /e ø o/.