Phonetics of Finnish: Sound samples of vowels
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Finnish vowels

Primary stressed position
Non-primary stressed position

Finnish vowels

Primary stressed position



V/VV

single (short)

double (long)

i/ii

sika 'pig'
siika 'whitefish'

e/ee

te 'you; pl.'
tee 'tea'

y/yy

ryppy 'wrinkle'
ryyppy 'pull, drink'

ö/öö

tötti 'prop' (techn.)
töötti 'horn' (colloq.)

ä/ää

värin 'color; gen.'
väärin 'wrongly'

a/aa

varat 'funds'
vaarat 'danger; pl.nom.'

o/oo

polo 'poor'
poolo 'polo'

u/uu

puro 'brook'
puuro 'porridge'


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Non-primary stressed position



V/VV

single (short)

double (long)

i/ii

etsi '(he) seeked'
etsii '(he) seeks'

e/ee

tulen 'fire; gen.'
tuleen 'into the fire'

y/yy

hyllyn 'shelf; gen.'
hyllyyn 'to the shelf'

ö/öö

särön 'crack; gen.'
säröön 'into the crack'

ä/ää

mätä 'rotten'
mätää 'rotten; partitive'

a/aa

sata 'hundred'
sataa 'hundred; partitive'

o/oo

talon 'house; gen.'
taloon 'into the house'

u/uu

suru 'sorrow'
suruun 'into the sorrow'


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