Help:IPA/Finnish

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! colspan="3" | ConsonantsMost Finnish consonants usually contrast between shorter and longer pronunciation. Long consonants are marked with the symbol {{IPAslink|ː}}.

| {{lang|fi|bussi|i=no}}{{IPA|[b]}}, {{IPA|[f]}}, {{IPA|[ɡ]}}, and {{IPA|[ʃ]}} occur only in loanwords. In casual speech, they may be replaced with {{IPA|[p]}}, {{IPA|[ʋ]}}, {{IPA|[k]}}, and {{IPA|[s]}}, respectively.

| big

| {{lang|fi|ladot|i=no}}

| adept

| {{lang|fi|filmi|i=no}}

| film

| {{lang|fi|magia|i=no}}

| go

| {{lang|fi|hevonen, vaha|i=no}}

| horse

| {{lang|fi|joulu|i=no}}

| yolk

| {{lang|fi|kala|i=no}}

| scold

| {{lang|fi|lakki|i=no}}

| backgammon

| {{lang|fi|laulu|i=no}}

| lack

| {{lang|fi|pullo|i=no}}

| taillight

| {{lang|fi|metsä|i=no}}, {{lang|fi|onpa|i=no}}{{IPA|/n/}} has three allophones: {{IPA|[ŋ]}} before {{IPA|/k/}}, {{IPA|[m]}} before {{IPA|/p/}} (or {{IPA|[b]}}) or {{IPA|/m/}}, and {{IPA|[n]}} elsewhere.

|may

| {{lang|fi|kammio|i=no}}, {{lang|fi|Ahvenanmaa|i=no}}

| roommate

| {{lang|fi|nenä|i=no}}

| nanny

| {{lang|fi|kannu|i=no}}

| unnatural

| {{lang|fi|kenkä|i=no}}

| sing

| {{lang|fi|vangita|i=no}}

| singing

| {{lang|fi|puu|i=no}}

| spool

| {{lang|fi|lippu|i=no}}

| flipbook

| {{lang|fi|rauta|i=no}}

| rolled r, like Spanish perro

| {{lang|fi|sinä|i=no}}

| between sip and ship (retracted)

| {{lang|fi|kissa|i=no}}

| between this sip and trash ship (retracted)

| {{lang|fi|šakki|i=no}}

| ship

| {{lang|fi|tina|i=no}}

| stand

| {{lang|fi|hattu|i=no}}

| outdo

| {{lang|fi|viha|i=no}}

| between vet and wet

| {{lang|fi|vaa’an|i=no}}, {{lang|fi|linja-auto|i=no}}

| the pause in uh-oh

! colspan="3" | Stress

| {{lang|fi|hevonen|i=no}}
{{IPA|[ˈheʋonen]}}

| Normally placed on the first syllable.

| {{lang|fi|hernekeitto|i=no}}
{{IPA|[ˈherneˌkːei̯tːo]}}

| A second syllable in some compound words.

| The second syllable in two-syllable imperatives.

! colspan="6" | VowelsAll Finnish vowels have both a long and a short phoneme.

| {{lang|fi|pouta|i=no}}

| like father, but shorter

| style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA link|ɑː}}

| {{lang|fi|poutaa|i=no}}

| father

| {{lang|fi|pöytä|i=no}}

| cat

| style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA link|æː}}

| {{lang|fi|päivää|i=no}}

| mad

| {{lang|fi|terve|i=no}}

| let

| style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA link|e̞|eː}}

| {{lang|fi|eesti|i=no}}

| somewhat like pay

| {{lang|fi|viha|i=no}}

| city

| style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA link|iː}}

| {{lang|fi|siika|i=no}}

| see

| {{lang|fi|oksa|i=no}}

| like more, but shorter

| style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA link|o̞|oː}}

| {{lang|fi|koostaa|i=no}}

| more

| {{lang|fi|pöly|i=no}}

| somewhat like nurse, under

| style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA link|ø̞|øː}}

| {{lang|fi|säröön|i=no}}

| somewhat like bird

| {{lang|fi|surma|i=no}}

| influence, bully

| style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA link|uː}}

| {{lang|fi|suu|i=no}}, {{lang|fi|ruoan|i=no}}

| cool

| {{lang|fi|kesy|i=no}}

| somewhat like cute, rhythm

| style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA link|yː}}

| {{lang|fi|ryyppy|i=no}}

| somewhat like cube

! colspan="3" | Diphthongs

| {{lang|fi|aika|i=no}}

| eye

| {{lang|fi|aura|i=no}}

| how

| {{lang|fi|äiti|i=no}}

| main (Australia)

| {{lang|fi|täytyy|i=no}}

| somewhat like mouth (Estuary English)

| {{lang|fi|ei|i=no}}, {{lang|fi|hei|i=no}}

| pay

| {{lang|fi|neutraali|i=no}}

| somewhat like mouth (Dublin English), Spanish or Italian neutro

| {{lang|fi|keskeytyä|i=no}}

| no English equivalent

| {{lang|fi|kieli|i=no}}

| somewhat like yes

| {{lang|fi|viulu|i=no}}

| few

| {{lang|fi|siistiytyä|i=no}}

| somewhat like ew

| {{lang|fi|koittaa|i=no}}, {{lang|fi|koettaa|i=no}}

| coin

| {{lang|fi|outo|i=no}}

| role

| {{lang|fi|töitä|i=no}}

| no English equivalent: French feuille

| {{lang|fi|pöyristyä|i=no}}

| rope (Received Pronunciation)

| {{lang|fi|muita|i=no}}

| booyah; Gruyère

| {{lang|fi|Suomi|i=no}}

| somewhat like woah

| {{lang|fi|syitä|i=no}}

| somewhat like we

| {{lang|fi|yö|i=no}}, {{lang|fi|työtä|i=no}}

| no English equivalent: French pollueuse