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Finnish Phonology

EXPLANATION

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These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the Finnish 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
DENTAL
ALVEOLAR
PALATAL
VELAR
GLOTTAL
NASAL
m[1]
n[2]
ŋ[3]
PLOSIVE
p[4]
[5]
k[6]
d[7]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[8]
FRICATIVE
h[9]
APPROXIMANT
ʋ[10]
j[12]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
l[11]
TRILL
r[13]

END OF Finnish PHONOLOGY CHART FOR CONSONANTS!

PHONOLOGY INVENTORY

No.
IPA
Length
CoArt
Voicing
Place
Manner
1
m
 
voiced
bilabial
nasal
2
n
 
voiced
alveolar
nasal
3
ŋ
 
voiced
velar
nasal
4
p
 
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
5
 
voiceless
dental
plosive
6
k
 
voiceless
velar
plosive
7
d
 
voiced
alveolar
plosive
8
s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
9
h
 
voiceless
glottal
fricative
10
ʋ
 
voiced
labio-dental
approximant
11
l
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
12
j
 
voiced
palatal
approximant
13
r
 
voiced
alveolar
trill

VOWELS

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