Swedish

CONSONANTS
There are six plosives:

SYMBOL	WORD	TRANSCRIPTION
p	pil	pi:l
b	bil	bi:l
t	tal	tA:l
d	dal	dA:l
k	kal	kA:l
g	gås	go:s

There are six fricatives:

f	fil	fi:l
v	vår	vo:r
s	sil	si:l
S	sjuk	S}:k	front and back allophones
h	hal	hA:l
C	tjock	COk	not syllable-final

There are six sonorant consonants (nasals, liquids and semi-vowels):

m	mil	mi: l
n	nål	no: l
N	ring	rIN	not syllable-initial
r	ris	ri:s
l	lös	l2:s
j	jag	jA:g

VOWELS

There are nine long and nine short vowels:

Long vowels (followed by a short consonant):

SYMBOL	WORD	TRANSCRIPTION
i:	vit	vi:t
e:	vet	ve:t
E:	säl	sE:l
y:	syl	sy:l
}:	hus	h}:s
2:	föl	f2:l
u:	sol	su:l
o:	hål	ho:l
A:	hal	hA:l

Short vowels (followed by a long consonant):

SYMBOL	WORD	TRANSCRIPTION
I	vitt	vIt
e	vett	vet
E	rätt	rEt
Y	bytt	bYt
u0	buss	bu0s
2	föll	f2l
U	bott	bUt
O	håll	hOl
a	hall	hal

There are also two pre-r-allophones (long and short) of /E/ and /2/ (see below).

The following important allophonic variants occur in Swedish which require separate symbolic representation:

SYMBOL	WORD	TRANSCRIPTION
{:	här	h{:r	pre-r allophone of E:
9:	för	f9:r	pre-r allophone of 2:
{	herr	h{r	pre-r allophone of E
9	förr	f9r	pre-r allophone of 2
@	pojken	pOjk@n	schwa vowel allophone
rt	hjort	jUrt	retroflex consonant, not initial
rd	bord	bu:rd	"
rn	barn	bA:rn	"
rs	fors	fOrs	"
rl	karl	kA:rl	"