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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 Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

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

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IPAExamplesEnglish approximation
Consonants
f film[1] film
h hobune, raha horse
j jõul yolk
k kabi kayak
l lina lack
lk[2] leap
m naasma may
n lina nanny
ŋ vang, kink[3] eating
vann[2] onion
p kapi spill
r vere curd (some Scottish dialects)
s sõbranna, zooloogia sole
vastik[2] super (some dialects)
ʃ šampus, Solženitsõn[1] shy
t tava stand
vatt[2] 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 [4] veere [ˈveːre]
linna [ˈlinːɑ]
Long syllable
ːː [4] veere [ˈveːːre]
linna [ˈlinːːɑ]
Overlong syllable
IPAExamplesEnglish approximation
Vowels[4]
ɑ lina father (GA)
ɑː naasma father (RP)
æ mägi cat
æː väär mad
e terve pet
tee wait (Indian and South African dialects)
i viha it
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 pull
suu pool
y küla somewhat like cute
rüüpa Somewhat like cube
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Diphthongs

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Estonian diphthongs[5]
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)
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