The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Swedish and Norwegian pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
See Swedish phonology and Norwegian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of these languages. Examples in the table are Swedish unless otherwise noted.
ਹੋਰ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ Consonants, Examples ...
Consonants |
IPA | Examples | Nearest English equivalent |
Swed. | Norw. |
b |
abort ('abortion') |
about |
ɕ |
ç |
Kina ('China') |
Swedish: sheep; Norwegian: hue |
d |
dag ('day') |
do |
ɖ[1] |
nord ('north') |
order |
f |
fot ('foot') |
fold |
ɡ |
god ('good') |
ago |
h |
hatt ('hat') |
hoot |
ɧ[2] |
ʂ |
Swedish: sjö, Norwegian: sjø ('lake')
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Swedish: Scottish English loch; Norwegian: shoe |
j |
jojo ('yo-yo') |
you |
k |
kafé ('café') |
coo |
l |
lake (Norwegian and Swedish: 'brine', 'burbot') |
love |
ɭ[1] |
Karl (male first name) |
twirl |
m |
man ('mane') |
mood |
n |
natt ('night') |
noon |
ɳ[1] |
barn ('child') |
turner |
ŋ |
ting ('thing') |
long |
p |
pappa ('father') |
pool |
r[3] |
år ('year') |
A flapped or trilled R. |
s |
sabel ('sabre') |
soon |
ʂ[1] |
torsdag ('Thursday') |
marshal (in some dialects) |
t |
torsdag ('Thursday') |
too |
ʈ[1] |
parti ('political party') |
cartel |
v |
vaktel ('quail') |
vote |
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Vowels |
IPA | Examples | Nearest English equivalent |
Swed. | Norw. |
ɑː |
mat [ˈmɑːt] "food" |
bra |
a |
ɑ |
fast [ˈfast]/[ˈfɑst] "steady, unmoving" |
British stack |
eː |
hel [ˈheːl] "whole" |
Scottish save |
ɛː |
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häl [ˈhɛːl] "heel" |
there |
ɛ |
häll/helle [ˈhɛl] "flat rock" |
hell |
æː[4] |
ära [æːra]/ære [æːre] "honour" |
Australian ham |
æ[4] |
färsk/fersk [ˈfæʂːk] "fresh" |
trap |
iː |
sil [ˈsiːl] "sieve" |
leaf |
ɪ |
sill/sild [ˈsɪl]/[ˈsɪl(d)] "herring" |
hill |
oː |
mål [ˈmoːl] "goal" |
Scottish/Canadian stove |
ɔ |
moll [ˈmɔl] "minor" (music) |
moll, with round lips |
øː |
dö/dø [ˈdøː] "die" |
No English equivalent; German long ö |
œ |
nött [ˈnœt] "worn" /nøtt "nut" |
No English equivalent; German short ö |
œː[4] |
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öra [œːra] "ear" |
No English equivalent; French sœur |
ʉː[5] |
ful [ˈfʉːl] "ugly, cunning, sly" |
fuel, Australian food, with tight lips[6] |
ɵ |
ʉ |
full [ˈfɵl]/[ˈfʉl] "full" |
British butcher |
uː[5] |
bot [ˈbuːt] "penance" |
boot |
ʊ[5] |
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bott [ˈbʊt] "lived" |
put, with tight lips |
yː[5] |
syl [ˈsyːl] "awl" |
No English equivalent; French long u |
ʏ[5] |
syll [ˈsʏl] "sleeper" (railroad) in Swedish; fylle "fill" in Norwegian |
No English equivalent; German short ü |
unstressed |
ə |
begå [bəˈgoː] "commit" |
about |
Stress and tone |
IPA | Examples from a rich regional variety | |
Swedish |
ˈa |
[ˈandɛn] "the duck" |
Tone 1 / acute accent: • Single stress with single falling tone in Stockholm: [ˈândɛn] • Low tone [ˈà] in Oslo and falling tone [ˈâ] in western Norway |
ˈa.ˈa |
[ˈanˈdɛn] "the spirit" |
Tone 2 / grave accent: • Double stress with double falling tone in Stockholm: [ˈânˈdɛ̂n] • Falling-rising tone [ˈâ] in Oslo and rising-falling tone in western Norway |
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