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Ä in Swedish is an æ sound. Ä in Finnish is a pitched A sound, like the A in “cat”. The pitched “a” in Swedish is the default one.
by dijit 1y ago
Ä in Swedish is an æ sound.
Ä in Finnish is a pitched A sound, like the A in “cat”.
The pitched “a” in Swedish is the default one.
- lrasinen 1y agoWikipedia lists both "cat" and the Finnish "mäki" under æ: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-open_front_unrounded_vowel https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-open_front_unrounded_vo... Do you have some example words that would show the difference?
- dijit 1y agoWell, mostly hearing people say the words will be telling. Gävle in Sweden: https://forvo.com/word/g%C3%A4vle/ https://forvo.com/word/g%C3%A4vle/ Linnanmäki in Finland: https://forvo.com/word/linnanm%C3%A4ki/ https://forvo.com/word/linnanm%C3%A4ki/ In the Finnish example you can hear both the soft “en” (linnan) and the higher pitched “” (maki) which is triggered with umlauts; Where the Swedish A is softened by umlauts in the Gävle example.
- 3836293648 1y agoThat's an american cat then, because that sounds crazy to my ears
- dijit 1y ago(how did I get downvoted for this when I literally lived in both countries)