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| Selected languages: | Estonian_ |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Ural-Altaic, Finno-Ugric, Finnic |
| The languages has | 49 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [ʃː] [pː] [p] [tː] [t] [cː] [c] [kː] [k] [s] [v] [r] [j] [m] [n] [ɲ] [yː] [y] [iː] [i] [uː] [u] [øː] [ø] [eː] [e] [ɘː] [ɘ] [oː] [o] [æː] [æ] [ɑː] [ɑ] [h] [iːː] [yːː] [uːː] [eːː] [øːː] [ɘːː] [oːː] [æːː] [ɑːː] [ʃ] [sː] [fː] [f] [l] |
| Comments: | Here there are overlong vowels and consonants, review consonants as this only is applied to plosives so far. Diphthongs are not completed (many!, around 20) |
| Sources: | Campbell (1991) Bruce Hayes: The Phonetics of Estonian |