ipa/Estonian

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Estonian pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wiki: Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Estonian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Estonian.

IPA Examples English approximation
Consonants
f film film
h hobune, raha horse
j jõul yolk
k kabi scold
l lina lack
lk leap
m naasma may
n lina nanny
ŋ vang, kink eating
vann onion
p kapi spill
r vere rolled r
s sõbranna sole
vastik super (some dialects)
ʃ šampus shy
t eesti stand
vatt RP stew
v vere veal
ʔ maq (in South Estonian) the pause in uh-oh
Stress
ˈ hobune Normally placed on the first syllable
hernehirmutis
[ˈherːneˈhirmutːis]
Two stressed syllables in compound words
armee
[arˈmeː]
Loanwords can have stress on non-initial syllables
Length
vere [ˈvere]
lina [ˈlinɑ]
Short syllable
ː veere [ˈveːre]
linna [ˈlinːɑ]
Long syllable
ːː veere [ˈveːːre]
linna [ˈlinːːɑ]
Overlong syllable
IPA Examples English approximation
Vowels
ɑ lina father, but shorter
ɑː naasma father
æ mägi cat
æː väär mad
e terve bait
eesti pay
i viha happy
viin feed
o oks story
soo store
ø köha Somewhat like hurt
øː vöö Somewhat like herd
ɤ õlu Somewhat like fern
ɤː õõnes Somewhat like verge
u surm root
suu rude
y küla somewhat like cute
rüüpa Somewhat like cube

Diphthongs

Estonian diphthongs
Vowel ɑ e i o u
ɑ ɑe̯ ɑi̯ ɑo̯ ɑu̯
e eɑ̯ ei̯ eo̯ (eu̯)
i (iɑ̯) (ie̯) (io̯) iu̯
o oɑ̯ oe̯ oi̯ ou̯
u (uɑ̯) (ue̯) ui̯ uo̯
ɤ ɤɑ̯ ɤe̯ ɤi̯ ɤo̯ ɤu̯
æ æe̯ æi̯ æo̯ æu̯
ø øɑ̯ øe̯ øi̯ (øo) (øu)
y yɑ̯ (ye̯) yi̯ (yo̯)

See also

Notes

References

  • Asu, Eva Liina; Teras, Pire (2009), "Estonian" (PDF), Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 39 (3): 367–372, doi:10.1017/s002510030999017x

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