Finnish (fi-FI)

Finnish consonants

p

p

voiceless bilabial plosive

[p]ankki

p

t

t

voiceless alveolar plosive

[t]alo

t

k

k

voiceless velar plosive

[k]aali

k

d

d

voiced alveolar plosive

[d]ata

t

s

s

voiceless alveolar fricative

[s]ali

s

h

h

voiceless glottal fricative

[h]attu

k

ʋ

v\

voiced labiodental approximant

[v]aivaَ

v

j

j

palatal approximant

[j]oki

i

l

l

alveolar lateral approximant

[l]oma

t

r

r

voiced alveolar trill

[r]iita

r

m

m

bilabial nasal

[m]ato

p

n

n

alveolar nasal

[n]enäa

t

ŋ

N

velar nasal

he[n]ki

k

Consonants found in loanwords

b

b

voiced bilabial plosive

[b]ussi

p

f

f

voiceless labiodental fricative

[f]irma

v

w

w

labial-velar approximant

[w]iki

u

z

z

voiced alveolar fricative

[z]ulu

s

g

g

voiced velar plosive

[g]aala

k

ʃ

S

voiceless postalveolar fricative

[sh]akki

S

ʒ

Z

voiced postalveolar fricative

[g]enre

S

θ

T

voiceless dental fricative

ear[th]

T

ð

D

voiced dental fricative

ei[th]er

T

Short vowels

i

i

close front unrounded vowel

k[i]lo

i

ɛ

E

open mid-front unrounded vowel

k[e]sä

E

æ

{

near open-front unrounded vowel

k[ä]ly

A

y

y

close front rounded vowel

k[y]lä

u

ø

2

close mid-front rounded vowel

p[ö]ly

O

u

u

close back rounded vowel

k[u]lo

u

ɔ

O

open mid-back rounded vowel

k[o]lo

O

ɑ

A

open back unrounded vowel

k[a]la

A

Long vowels

iː

iː

long close front unrounded vowel

s[ii]li

i

ɛː

E:

long open mid-front unrounded vowel

[ee]tu

E

æː

{:

long near open-front unrounded vowel

t[ää]llä

A

y:

y:

long close front unrounded vowel

t[yy]li

u

øː

2:

long close mid-front rounded vowel

t[öö]lö

O

u:

u:

long close back rounded vowel

t[uu]li

u

ɔː

O:

long open mid-back rounded vowel

r[oo]li

O

ɑː

A:

long open back unrounded vowel

k[aa]su

A

Dipthongs

ɛi

Ei

dipthong

l[ei]pä

E

æi

{i

dipthong

[äi]ti

A

ui

ui

dipthong

k[ui]n

u

ɑi

Ai

dipthong

k[ai]kki

A

ɔi

Oi

dipthong

p[oi]ka

O

øi

2i

dipthong

s[öi]n

O

yi

yi

dipthong

l[yi]jy

u

ɑu

Au

dipthong

s[au]na

A

ɔu

Ou

dipthong

k[ou]lu

O

ɛu

Eu

dipthong

r[eu]na

E

iu

iu

dipthong

v[iu]lu

i

æy

{y

dipthong

t[äy]nnä

A

øy

2y

dipthong

k[öy]hä

O

ɛy

Ey

dipthong

pes[ey]tyä

E

iy

iy

dipthong

käär[iy]tyä

i

iɛ

iE

dipthong

t[ie]

i

yø

y2

dipthong

[yö]

u

uɔ

uO

dipthong

t[uo]

u

Vowels found in English loanwords

ɪ

I

near-close near-front unrounded vowel

b[i]t

i

ʊ

U

near-close near-back rounded vowel

b[oo]k

u

ə

@

mid-central vowel

[a]bout

@

ʌ

V

open-mid-back unrounded vowel

c[u]t

E