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| b | bokⓘ | book | | ɕ | tɕ | kjolⓘ,tjockⓘ,könⓘ | sheep (SWE);cheap (FIN) | | d | dopⓘ | dad | | ɖ | rd | nordⓘ[1] | retroflex/d/,somewhat likeKannada ನಾಡು | | f | fotⓘ | foot | | ɡ | godⓘ | good | | h | hotⓘ | hat | | ɧ | ɕ | sjuⓘ,stjärnaⓘ,skörⓘ,stationⓘ, pensionⓘ,geniⓘ,chokladⓘ[2] | somewhat likeScottish lochorsheep (varies regionally) | | j | jordⓘ,genomⓘ,Göteborgⓘ | yoyo | | k | konⓘ,skvadronⓘ | cone | | l | lovⓘ | lack | | ɭ | rl | kärlⓘ[1] | retroflex/l/ | | m | modⓘ | mode | | n | nodⓘ | node | | ɳ | rn | barnⓘ[1] | retroflex/n/ | | ŋ | långⓘ,signalⓘ | long | | p | polⓘ | pole | | r | rovⓘ[3] | Scottishrose;somewhat likeAmerican atom | | s | sotⓘ,Zaraⓘ,exorcistⓘ | soot | | ʂ | rs | torsdagⓘ[1] | retroflex/ʃ/, somewhat likeshrine | | t | tokⓘ | tool | | ʈ | rt | partiⓘ[1] | retroflex/t/,somewhat likeTamil நாடு | | v | våtⓘ | vote | | Vowels| IPA | Examples | English approximation |
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| a | ɑ | hallⓘ | cut | | ɑː | halⓘ | bra | | æ | värkⓘ,verkⓘ[4] | trap | | æː | äraⓘ[4] | ham | | eː | helⓘ,treⓘ | mayor | | ɛ | e | hällⓘ,henneⓘ | sell | | ɛː | eː | hälⓘ,vägⓘ | RP pair | | ɪ | i | sillⓘ | hit | | iː | silⓘ,Miraⓘ | leave | | ɔ | o | hållⓘ,forsⓘ[5] | off | | oː | hålⓘ,årⓘ[5] | floor | | œ | ø | föddⓘ[5] | somewhat like hurt | | œ | förrⓘ[4][5] | | œː | öraⓘ[4][5] | somewhat like herd | | øː | födaⓘ,södraⓘ[5] | | ɵ | ʉ | fullⓘ,musikⓘ[5][6] | moot | | ʉ | duell, känguru[5][6][7] | | ʉː | fulⓘ[5][8] | mood | | ʊ | u | lommaⓘ[5] | wool | | uː | loⓘ,Moraⓘ[5] | rule | | ʏ | y | syllⓘ[5][7] | somewhat like cute | | yː | sylⓘ,Myraⓘ[5][8] | somewhat like cube | |