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Labial
Coronal
Dorsal
Radical
Laryngeal
Bilabial
Labio-dental
Dental
Alveolar
Palato-alveolar
Retroflex
Palatal
Velar
Uvular
Pharyngeal
Epi-glottal
Glottal
Plosive
 p b     t̪ d̪                 k ɡ    
 
 
 
 
  
 
Nasal
   m       n̪                   ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
               *r            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
     f v     s   ʃ                           h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                           j                    
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
   l̪                        
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Front
Near-front
Central
Near-back
Back
 
Close
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
Selected languages: Finnish
UPSID number: 2153
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Ural-Altaic, Finno-Ugric, Finnic
The languages has 25 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [p] [b] [t̪] [d̪] [k] [ɡ] [s] [ʃ] [f] [v] [*r] [l̪] [j] [m] [n̪] [ŋ] [y] [i] [u] [ø] [o] [ɛ] [æ] [ä] [h]
Comments:

Sources:

Austerlitz, R. 1967. The distributional identification of
Finnish morphophonemes. Language 43: 20-33.

Hammarberg, R. 1974. Another look at Finnish Consonant
gradation. Soviet-Finno Ugric 10: 171-178.

Harms, R.T. 1964. Finnish Structural Sketch (Indiana
University Publications, Uralic and Altaic Series 42).
Indiana University, Bloomington.

Harms, R.T. 1966. Review of: Proto-Finnic Final
consonants, by Itkonen, T. Language 42/4: 825-831.

Lehtinen, M. 1964. Basic Course in Finnish. Indiana
University, Bloomington.