The sounds of Swedish
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According to George L Campbell's "Concise Compendium of the World's Languages", these are the sounds in Swedish:
Consonants
Stops: p, b, t, d, ʈ, ɖ, k, ɡ
Fricatives: f, v, ɕ, s, ʂ, ʃ, h
Nasals: m, n, ɳ, ŋ
Laterals and flap: l, ɭ, r
Semi-vowel: j
Vowels
Front unrounded
Short: ɪ, e, ɛ
Long: i, e, ɛ
Central
Short: ʏ, a, œ/ɵ, ʉ, ə
Long: ʏ, a, ø, ʉ
Back rounded
Short: u, ɔ
Long: u, o
- More on Swedish retroflex consonants
- A short overview of Swedish prosody
