CONSONANTS
There are six plosives:
| SYMBOL | WORD | TRANSCRIPTION | |
| p | hopp | hOp | |
| b | labb | lAb | |
| t | lat | lA:t | |
| d | ladd | lAd | |
| k | takk | tAk | |
| g | tagg | tAg |
There are six fricatives:
| SYMBOL | WORD | TRANSCRIPTION | |
| f | fin | fi:n | |
| v | vin | vi:n | |
| s | lass | lAs | |
| S | skyt | Sy:t | |
| C | kino | Ci:nu | not syllable-final |
| j | gi | ji: | |
| h | ha | hA: |
There are five sonorant consonants (nasals, liquids, trills):
| m | lam | lAm | |
| n | vann | vAn | |
| N | sang | sAN | |
| l | fall | fAl | |
| r | prøv | pr2:v |
VOWELS
There are 9 long vowels:
| i: | vin | vi:n | |
| e: | sen | se:n | |
| {: | vær | v{:r | |
| A: | hat | hA:t | |
| y: | lyn | ly:n | |
| 2: | søt | s2:t | |
| O: | våt | vO:t | |
| u: | bok | bu:k | |
| }: | lun | l}:n |
and nine short vowels:
| i | vind | vin | |
| e | send | sen | |
| { | vært | v{rt | |
| A | hatt | hAt | |
| y | lynne | lyne | |
| 2 | søtt | s2t | |
| O | vått | vOt | |
| u | bukk | buk | |
| } | lund | l}n |
There are seven diphthongs:
| {i | vei | v{i | |
| 2y | høy | h2y | |
| A} | sau | sA} | |
| Ai | kai | kAi | |
| Oy | konvoy | kunvOy | |
| }i | hui | h}i | |
| ui | hoi | hui |
In addition there are important allophonic variants for which the transcription
has been agreed:
| SYMBOL | WORD | TRANSCRIPTION | |
| rt | hardt | hArt | retroflex t |
| rd | verdi | v{rdi: | retroflex d |
| rl | ærlig | {:rlig | retroflex l |
| rn | garn | gA:rn | retroflex n |
| rL | blå | brLO: | retroflex flap |
In cases where the dental consonants do not change into retroflexes,
they are transcribed using the separator sign (ASCII 45), e.g.:
| r-d | verdig | v{:r-di |