Consonants
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IPA |
Examples |
Nearest English equivalent
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Swed.  |
Norw.
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b
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abort ('abortion')
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about
| ɕ
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ç
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Kina ('China')
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she (Swedish), hue (Norwegian)
| d
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dag
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do
| ɖ[1] |
nord ('north')
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order
| f
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fot ('foot')
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fold
| ɡ
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god ('good')
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ago
| h
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hatt ('hat')
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hoot
| ɧ[2] |
ʃ
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Swedish: sjok ('chunk'), Norwegian: sjø ('sea')
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loch etc. (Swedish) shoe (Norwegian)
| j
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jojo ('yo-yo')
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you
| k
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kafé ('café')
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coo
| l
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lake (Norwegian: 'brine', Norwegian and Swedish: 'burbot')
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love
| ɭ[1] |
Karl (male first name)
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twirl
| m
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man ('mane')
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mood
| n
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natt ('night')
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noon
| ɳ[1] |
barn ('child')
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turner
| ŋ
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ting ('thing')
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long
| p
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pappa ('father')
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pool
| r[3] |
år ('year')
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A flapped or trilled R.
| s
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sabel ('sabre')
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soon
| ʂ[1] |
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torsdag ('Thursday')
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marshal (in some dialects)
| t
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torsdag ('Thursday')
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too
| ʈ[1] |
parti ('political party')
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cartel
| v
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ʋ
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vaktel ('quail')
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vote in Swedish; between v and w in Norwegian
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Vowels
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IPA |
Examples |
Nearest English equivalent
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Swed.  |
Norw.
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ɑː
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mat [ˈmɑːt] "food"
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bra
| a
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ɑ
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fast [ˈfast]/[ˈfɑst] "steady, unmoving"
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father
| æː[4] |
ära [æːra]/"ære" [æːre] "honor"
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Australian ham
| æ[4] |
fersk [ˈfæʂːk] "fresh"
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trap
| eː
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hel [ˈheːl] "whole"
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Scottish save
| ɛː
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häl [ˈhɛːl] "heel"
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there
| ɛ
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häll/helle [ˈhɛl] "flat rock"
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hell
| iː
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sil [ˈsiːl] "sieve"
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leaf
| ɪ
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sill/sild [ˈsɪl]/[ˈsɪl(d)] "herring"
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hill
| oː
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mål [ˈmoːl] "goal"
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Scottish/Canadian stove
| ɔ
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moll [ˈmɔl] "minor" (music)
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moll, with round lips
| øː
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dö/dø ['døː] "die"
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No English equivalent; German long ö
| œ
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nött [ˈnœt] "worn" in Swedish nøtt "nut" in Norwegian
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No English equivalent; German short ö
| œː[4] |
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öra [œːra] "ear"
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British learn or fur
| ɵ
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ʉ
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full [ˈfɵl] "full"
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bird, with tight lips[5] | uː[5] |
bot [ˈbuːt] "penance"
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boot
| ʉː[5] |
ful [ˈfʉːl] "ugly, cunning, sly"
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fuel, Australian food, with tight lips[6] | ʊ[5] |
bott [ˈbʊt] "lived" in Swedish
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put, with tight lips
| yː[5] |
syl [ˈsyːl] "awl"
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No English equivalent; French u
| ʏ[5] |
syll [ˈsʏl] "sleeper" (railroad) in Swedish; fylle "fill" in Norwegian
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No English equivalent; German short ü
| unstressed
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ə
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begå [bəˈgoː] "commit"
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about
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Stress and tone
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IPA |
Examples |
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Swedish
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ˈa
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[ˈandɛn] "the duck"
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Tone 1 / acute accent: • Single stress with single falling tone in Stockholm: [ˈândɛn] • Low tone [ˈà] in Oslo and falling tone [ˈâ] in western Norway
| ˈa.ˈa
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[ˈanˈdɛn] "the spirit"
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Tone 2 / grave accent: • Double stress with double falling tone in Stockholm: [ˈânˈdɛ̂n] • Falling tone [ˈâ] in Oslo and rising-falling tone in western Norway
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