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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) should be applied to represent Estonian language pronunciation in Wikipedia articles.
Symbol | Examples | Description |
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Finnish: Linna, Estonian Linna | English father |
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AA | |
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Ä : Finnish päivä, Estonian päev | English cat, hat |
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ÄÄ : Finnish päivää, Estonian jää-äär | |
B | ||
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Finnish: baari, Estonian: baar | English bar |
C | ||
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Estonian, Finnish: Julius Caesar | English cats, Russian царь tsar |
D | ||
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Finnish Difteria, Estonian Difteeria | English Diphtheria |
E | ||
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Finnish terve, Estonian tere | English hello |
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Finnish, Estonian eesti | Long [e]. German Klee, Similar to English hey |
F | ||
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Finnish fanfaari, Estonian fanfaar | English fanfare |
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Finnish geologi, Estonian geoloog | (Should look like ![]() |
H | ||
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Finnish hevonen, Estonian hobune | English horse |
I | ||
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Finnish isä, Estonian isa | French ville, Spanish Valladolid |
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Long [i]. English sea | |
J | ||
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Finnish joulu, Estonian jõulud | English yes, German Junge |
K | ||
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Finnish, Estonian kala | English kick, skip |
L | ||
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Finnish laulu Estonian laul | English leaf |
M | ||
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Finnish metsä, Estonian mets | English mime |
N | ||
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Finnish nenä Estonian nina | English nun |
O | ||
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Finnish oksa Estonian oks | Spanish no, French eau |
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Long [o]. Somewhat reminiscent of English no. German Boden, French Vosges | |
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Ö | Like [e], but with the lips rounded like [o].French feu, bœufs |
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ÖÖ | Long [ø]. German Goethe, French Deûle, neutre |
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Õ Estonian only õlu | Like [o] but without the lips rounded, something like a cross of [ʊ] and [ʌ]. |
P | ||
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Finnish, Estonian puu | English pip, spit |
Q | ||
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Finnish Quebec, Estonian Quebec | |
R | ||
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Finnish rauta, Estonian raud | "Rolled R". Latin ferrum, Spanish perro, Scots borrow |
S | ||
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Finnish sinä Estonian sina | English sand |
T | ||
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Finnish, Estonian tina | English tot, stop |
U | ||
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Finnish surma Estonian surm | French vous "you" |
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Finnish, Estonian suu, suur | Long [u]. French Rocquencourt, German Schumacher, close to RP food |
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Estonian only: Jüriöö ülestõus | Like [ɪ], but with the lips rounded as for [ʊ]. German Eisenhüttenstadt |
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Estonian only: ÜÜ | Long [y]. German Bülow, French sûr |
V | ||
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Finnish, Estonian viha | English verve |
W | ||
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X | ||
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Phoenix | |
Y | ||
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Finnish only: Yleisradio | Like [ɪ], but with the lips rounded as for [ʊ]. German Eisenhüttenstadt |
Z | ||
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Finnish, Estonian Zorro | English Zorro |
Estonian diphthongs[edit]
ae, ai, ao, au, ea, ei, eo, iu, oa, oe, oi, ou, ui, õa, õe, õi, õo, õu, äe, äi, äo, äu, öa, öe, öi, üi.
Finnish diphthongs[edit]
ai, ei, oi, ui, yi, äi, öi, au, eu, iu, ou, äy, öy, ie, uo, yö
Notes and References[edit]
- Pronunciation of Finnish in a nutshell
- Pronunciation of Finnish
- Pronunciation of Estonian geographical names