Help talk:IPA/Estonian and Finnish/IPA for Estonian
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 |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
(i)  [ ɑ ]
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Finnish: Linna, Estonian Linna | English father |
| (i) [ ɑ: ]
|
AA | |
| (i) [ æ ]
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Ä : Finnish päivä, Estonian päev | English cat, hat |
| (i) [ æ: ]
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ÄÄ : Finnish päivää, Estonian jää-äär | |
| B | ||
| (i) [ b ]
|
Finnish: baari, Estonian: baar | English bar |
| C | ||
| (i) [ ts ][1]
|
Estonian, Finnish: Julius Caesar | English cats, Russian царь tsar |
| D | ||
| (i) [ d ]
|
Finnish Difteria, Estonian Difteeria | English Diphtheria |
| E | ||
| (i) [ e ]
|
Finnish terve, Estonian tere | English hello |
| (i) [ eː ]
|
Finnish, Estonian eesti | Long [e]. German Klee, Similar to English hey |
| F | ||
| (i) [ f ] [1]
|
Finnish fanfaari, Estonian fanfaar | English fanfare |
| G | ||
| (i) [ ɡ ]
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Finnish geologi, Estonian geoloog | (Should look like  . No different from a Latin "g") English gig
|
| H | ||
| (i) [ h ]
|
Finnish hevonen, Estonian hobune | English horse |
| I | ||
| (i) [ i ]
|
Finnish isä, Estonian isa | French ville, Spanish Valladolid |
| (i) [ iː ]
|
Long [i]. English sea | |
| J | ||
| (i) [ j ]
|
Finnish joulu, Estonian jõulud | English yes, German Junge |
| K | ||
| (i) [ k ]
|
Finnish, Estonian kala | English kick, skip |
| L | ||
| (i) [ l ]
|
Finnish laulu Estonian laul | English leaf |
| M | ||
| (i) [ m ]
|
Finnish metsä, Estonian mets | English mime |
| N | ||
| (i) [ n ]
|
Finnish nenä Estonian nina | English nun |
| O | ||
| (i) [ o ]
|
Finnish oksa Estonian oks | Spanish no, French eau |
| (i) [ oː ]
|
Long [o]. Somewhat reminiscent of English no. German Boden, French Vosges | |
| (i) [ ø ]
|
Ö | Like [e], but with the lips rounded like [o].French feu, bœufs |
| (i) [ øː ]
|
ÖÖ | Long [ø]. German Goethe, French Deûle, neutre |
| (i) [ ɤ ]
|
Õ Estonian only õlu | Like [o] but without the lips rounded, something like a cross of [ʊ] and [ʌ]. |
| P | ||
| (i) [ p ]
|
Finnish, Estonian puu | English pip, spit |
| Q | ||
| (i) [ k ] [1]
|
Finnish Quebec, Estonian Quebec | |
| R | ||
| (i) [ r ]
|
Finnish rauta, Estonian raud | "Rolled R". Latin ferrum, Spanish perro, Scots borrow |
| S | ||
| (i) [ s ]
|
Finnish sinä Estonian sina | English sand |
| T | ||
| (i) [ t ]
|
Finnish, Estonian tina | English tot, stop |
| U | ||
| (i) [ u ]
|
Finnish surma Estonian surm | French vous "you" |
| (i) [ uː ]
|
Finnish, Estonian suu, suur | Long [u]. French Rocquencourt, German Schumacher, close to RP food |
| (i) [ ʏ ]
|
Estonian only: Jüriöö ülestõus | Like [ɪ], but with the lips rounded as for [ʊ]. German Eisenhüttenstadt |
| (i) [ yː ]
|
Estonian only: ÜÜ | Long [y]. German Bülow, French sûr |
| V | ||
| (i) [ v ]
|
Finnish, Estonian viha | English verve |
| W | ||
| (i) [ v ] [1]
|
Luftwaffe | |
| X | ||
| (i) [ k ]+ (i) [ s ][1]
|
Phoenix | |
| Y | ||
| (i) [ ʏ ]
|
Finnish only: Yleisradio | Like [ɪ], but with the lips rounded as for [ʊ]. German Eisenhüttenstadt |
| Z | ||
| (i) [ z ][1]
|
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