Estonian EstonianThe standard Estonian vowel system comprises 9 vowels, all of which can occur single (short) or doubled (long). The vowel /7/ is high-mid back unrounded, in the area of cardinal 15.
SAMPA symbol Orthography Transcription
i risu risu
ii riisu riisu
e kere kere
ee keere keere
{ k?ru k{ru
{{ k??ru k{{ru
y n?ri nyri
yy m??ri myyri
2 k?hi k2hi
22 n??ri n22ri
u kuri kuri
uu kuuri kuuri
o pori pori
oo poori poori
7 s?re s7re
77 s??re s77re
A varu vAru
AA vaaru vAAru
Consonants
The consonant system comprises 17 consonant phonemes, all of which can occur single (short) or double (long). Those symbolized with /'/ are palatalized.
p taba tApA pp tapa tAppA t padu pAtu tt patu pAttu k kagu kAku kk kaku kAkku t' padi pAt'i t't pati pAt'ti f foori foori ff tufi tuffi v tuvi tuvi vv kavva kAvvA s kasu kAsu ss kassa kAssA S s<efi looz<i Seffi looSi SS tus<i tuSSi h sahin sAhin hh s<ahhi SAhhi s' kasi kAs'i s's kassi kAs'si m samas sAmAs mm sammas sAmmAs n kana kAnA nn kanna kAnnA n' pani pAn'i n'n panni pAn'ni l kalas kAlAs ll kallas kAllAs l' pali pAl'i l'l palli pAl'li r varas vArAs rr varras vArrAs j maja mAjA jj majja mAj:jAWord accent
There are two types of word accent: light and heavy. The heavy accent implies additional duration, and is shown in SAMPA by using the length mark after the appropriate segmental symbol. The interaction of these two accents with single and double segments produces segmental contrasts of short vs. long vs. overlong.
(short, light) nagi nAki (long cons., light) maki mAkki (long cons., heavy) makki mAk:ki (long vowel, light) maagi mAAki (long vowel, heavy) maagi mAA:ki
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