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.
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| Consonants
|
| d
|
Finnish ladot
|
ladder
|
| h
|
hevonen
|
horse
|
| j
|
joulu
|
yoyo
|
| k
|
kala
|
scold
|
| l
|
laulu
|
lack
|
| lʲ[1]
|
Estonian only [] Error: {{Lang}}: no text (help)
|
leep
|
| m
|
metsä
|
mocha
|
| n
|
nenä
|
nanny
|
| nʲ[1]
|
Estonian only [] Error: {{Lang}}: no text (help)
|
new
|
| p
|
puu
|
spill
|
| r
|
rauta
|
rolled r
|
| s
|
sinä
|
sole
|
| sʲ[1]
|
Estonian only [] Error: {{Lang}}: no text (help)
|
super (some dialects)
|
| t
|
tina
|
stand
|
| tʲ[1]
|
Estonian only [] Error: {{Lang}}: no text (help)
|
tune
|
| ʋ
|
viha
|
Between v and w
|
| Stress
|
| ˈ
|
hevonen
|
(placed on the first syllable)
|
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| Vowels
|
| ɑ
|
pouta
|
Same as but shorter than a in father
|
| ɑː
|
poutaa
|
father
|
| æ
|
pöytä
|
cat
|
| æː
|
päivää
|
mad
|
| e[2]
|
tere
|
let
|
| eː[2]
|
eesti
|
émigré
|
| i
|
klid
|
kid
|
| iː
|
siika
|
see
|
| o[2]
|
oksa
|
chore
|
| oː[2]
|
koostaa
|
No English equivalent, similar to French bureau
|
| ø[2]
|
pöytä
|
Similar to RP word or bird,
Swedish öl,
|
| øː[2]
|
säröön
|
Similar to RP bird,
German schön
|
| ɤ
|
Estonian only: õlu
|
Similar to (oʊ) in Estonia, code, boat, goal, bone, go
|
| ɤː
|
Estonian only: õõnsus
|
Same as above but longer
|
| u
|
surma
|
wood
|
| uː
|
suu
|
coop
|
| y
|
Finnish kesy
Estonian küla
|
No English equivalent; similar to French tu, German füllen
|
| yː
|
Finnish ryyppy
Estonian rüüpa
|
No English equivalent; similar to French Lune, German führen
|
|
|
ai, au, äi, äy, ei, eu, oi, ou, öi, öy, ui, yi, iu, ie, uo, yö
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.
- ↑ 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/.
