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 ]
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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 ]
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Finnish isä, Estonian isa | French ville, Spanish Valladolid |
| (i) [ iː ]
|
Long [i]. English sea | |
| J | ||
| (i) [ j ]
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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 ]
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Finnish only: Yleisradio | Like [ɪ], but with the lips rounded as for [ʊ]. German Eisenhüttenstadt |
| Z | ||
| (i) [ z ][1]
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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