Finnish alphabet
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The alphabet used for Finnish consists of 29 letters. It is identical to the Swedish alphabet. In fact, this alphabet can be seen as being a copy from Swedish, as it doesn't fully reflect the sounds used in Finnish. It basically has more letters than what Finnish would need. Some letters are considered foreign (C, B, F, G, Q, W, X, Z, Å), and are used in foreign language names or in loan words. Finnish spelling of foreign language words can also include Š(hattu äs) and Ž(hattu tset), but they are not seen to be a part of the alphabet. The only sound of standard Finnish not really represented by a separate letter of this alphabet is the ŋ-sound. It is represented by NG (Helsingin, ongelma), or when combined with a K as NK (Helsinki, onkia).
| Letter | Name | IPA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | aa | ||
| B | bee | ||
| C | see | mostly pronounced like S or K | |
| D | dee | ||
| E | ee | ||
| F | äf | ||
| G | gee | ||
| H | hoo | ||
| I | ii | ||
| J | jii | ||
| K | koo | ||
| L | äl | ||
| M | äm | ||
| N | än | ||
| O | oo | ||
| P | pee | ||
| Q | kuu | mostly pronounced like K | |
| R | är | ||
| S | äs | ||
| T | tee | ||
| U | uu | ||
| V | vee | ||
| W | kaksoisvee (/tuplavee) | mostly pronounced like V | |
| X | äks | mostly pronounced like KS | |
| Y | yy | ||
| Z | tseta | mostly pronounced like TS | |
| Å | ruotsalainen oo | pronounced like OO or O | |
| Ä | ää | ||
| Ö | öö |
