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Estonian Phonology

EXPLANATION

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These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the Estonian language.

CONSONANTS

The type of phonation is indicated by the phone's color shading:

t
voiceless
d
voiced
▼ PLACE OF ARTICULATION ▼
LABIAL
CORONAL
DORSAL
LARYNGEAL
▼ MANNER ▼
BILABIAL
LABIO-DENTAL
ALVEOLAR
POST-ALVEOLAR
PALATAL
VELAR
GLOTTAL
NASAL
m[1]
n[2]
[3]
PLOSIVE
p[4]
t[5]
[6]
k[7]
[8]
[9]
tʲː[10]
[11]
FRICATIVE
v[12]
f[13]
h[17]
[18]
[22]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[14]
[15]
ʃ[16]
[19]
sʲː[20]
ʃː[21]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
l[23]
[24]
APPROXIMANT
j[25]
TRILL
r[26]

END OF Estonian PHONOLOGY CHART FOR CONSONANTS!

PHONOLOGY INVENTORY

No.
IPA
Length
CoArt
Voicing
Place
Manner
1
m
 
voiced
bilabial
nasal
2
n
 
voiced
alveolar
nasal
3
 
palatalized
voiced
alveolar
nasal
4
p
 
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
5
t
 
voiceless
alveolar
plosive
6
 
palatalized
voiceless
alveolar
plosive
7
k
 
voiceless
velar
plosive
8
long
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
9
long
voiceless
alveolar
plosive
10
tʲː
long
palatalized
voiceless
alveolar
plosive
11
long
voiceless
velar
plosive
12
v
 
voiced
labio-dental
fricative
13
f
 
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
14
s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
15
 
palatalized
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
16
ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
17
h
 
voiceless
glottal
fricative
18
long
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
19
long
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
20
sʲː
long
palatalized
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
21
ʃː
long
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
22
long
voiceless
glottal
fricative
23
l
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
24
 
palatalized
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
25
j
 
voiced
palatal
approximant
26
r
 
voiced
alveolar
trill

VOWELS

 
VOWEL HEIGHT
CLOSE
NEAR-CLOSE
CLOSE-MID
MID
OPEN-MID
NEAR-OPEN
OPEN