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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Finnish
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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Finnish language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters .
See Finnish phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Finnish.
Consonants [ 1]
IPA Examples
English approximation
b b ussi[ 2] b ig
d lad ot ad ept
f f ilmi[ 2] f ilm
ɡ mag ia [ 2] g o
h h evonen, vah ah orse
j j ouluy olk
k k alasc old
k? lakk i backg ammon
l l aul ul ack
l? pull o taill ight
m m ets?on pa [ 3] m ay
m? kamm io Ahvenanm aa [ 3] roomm ate
n n en ?n anny
n? kann u unn atural
? ken k? [ 3] sing
?? vang ita sing ing
p p uusp ool
p? lipp u flipb ook
r r autarolled r, like Spanish perr o
s s in?between s ip and sh ip (retracted )
s? kiss a between this s ip and trash sh ip (retracted)
? ? akki[ 2] sh ip
t t inast and
t? hatt u outd o
? v ihabetween v et and w et
? vaa’ an linja- auto the pause in uh- oh
Stress
IPA Examples
Explanation
? he vonen[?he?onen]
Normally placed on the first syllable.
? hernekeit to [?herne?k?ei?t?o]
A second syllable in some compound words.
tule ! [?tu?le]
The second syllable in two-syllable imperatives.
Vowels [ 4]
Short
Long
IPA Examples
English approximation
IPA Examples
English approximation
ɑ pouta like fa ther, but shorter
ɑ? poutaa fa ther
? p?yt? ca t
?? p?iv?? ma d
e te rve le t
e? ee stisomewhat like pay
i vi ha city
i? sii ka see
o o ksalike mo re, but shorter
o? koo staa mo re
? p? ly somewhat like nur se, under
?? s?r?? n somewhat like bir d
u su rma influ ence, bu lly
u? suu ruo an coo l
y kesy somewhat like cu te, rhy thm
y? ryy ppy somewhat like cu be
Diphthongs
IPA Examples
English approximation
ɑi? ai kaeye
ɑu? au rahow
?i? ?i timai n (Australia )
?y? t?y tyy somewhat like mou th (Estuary English )
ei? ei hei pay
eu? neu traali somewhat like mou th (Dublin English ), Spanish or Italian neu tro
ey? keskey ty? no English equivalent
ie? kie li somewhat like ye s
iu? viu lu few
iy? siistiy ty? somewhat like ew
oi? koi ttaa koe ttaa coi n
ou? ou toro le
?i? t?i t? no English equivalent: French feuill e
?y? p?y risty? ro pe (Received Pronunciation )
ui? mui ta booy ah; Gruy ère
uo? Suo mi somewhat like woah
yi? syi t? somewhat like we
y?? y? ty? t? no English equivalent: French pollueu se
^ Most Finnish consonants usually contrast between shorter and longer pronunciation. Long consonants are marked with the symbol /? / .
^ a b c d [b] , [f] , [ɡ] , and [?] occur only in loanwords. In casual speech, they may be replaced with [p] , [?] , [k] , and [s] , respectively.^ a b c /n/ has three allophones: [?] before /k/ , [m] before /p/ (or [b] ) or /m/ , and [n] elsewhere.^ All Finnish vowels have both a long and a short phoneme.
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