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[Grammar] Icelandic phonetics

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[Grammar] Icelandic phonetics

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Vowel sounds

LetterIPAexplanationexample
aaa in English fathersandur (sand)
áauow in English howást (love)
eɛe in English bedsenda (send)
éye in English yetég (I)
iɪi in English winlisti (list)
íiee in English seesími (telephone)
oɔaw in English lawloft (air)
óɔusimilar to the exclamation oh in Englishbóndi (farmer)
uʏü in German fünfhundur (dog)
úuu in English fullRússland (Russia)
yɪi in English winsynda (swim)
ýiee in English seesýna (show)
æaii in English likelæsa (lock)
öoesimilar to the i in English birdhönd (hand)
eiɛiai in English waitneisti (spark)
eyɛiai in English waitkeyra (drive)
auöysimilar to the i in English bird + yhaust (autumn)

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Consonants

LetterIPAexplanationexample
bpp in English tapbær (town)
dtt in English stopdraumur (dream)
ððth in English fathereða (or)
fff in English fatherfá (get)
gkat the beginning, k in English skipgrár (grey)
gɣbetween vowels, or a vowel and ð or r, g in Spanish Tarragonasaga (story)
gxin the middle before t or s, ch in German achhugsa (think)
hhh in English hehundur (dog)
jjy in English yesjá (yes)
kat the beginning, k in English kickkróna (crown)
kkin the middle and finally, ck in English wicktaka (take)
kxin the middle before t or s, ch in German achrakt (damp)
lll in English landlás (lock)
mmm in English mothermála (paint)
nnn in English nightnú (now)
nŋin the middle, n in English singfingur (finger)
rrrolling r, rr in Spanish Tarragonarós (rose)
sss in English seasól (sun)
tat the beginning, t in English timetaska (handbag)
ttin the middle, t in English wetgata (street)
vvv in English veryvasi (vase)
xgsch in Scottish loch followed by sbuxur (trousers)
þθth in English thoughtþurfa (need)

Vlot Vlaams
Liechtenstein

Re: [Grammar] Icelandic phonetics

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Watching the nominees for best handball player in the latest EU competition,
I saw this man Óðinn RÍKHARÐSSON.

It's the first time I notice such a strikethrough"d/D"

Sounds - so it seems - like "th" in English father. But is this a garantee for correct pronunciation, as different people say "th" in various ways.

Lowercase ð
Uppercase Ð

The other one that strikes me in the table is the "t".
Seems to me that it sounds the same in English "Time" as in "Wet.
It "just" sounds like a "t"

And then þ θ (IPA = the Greek theta if I am not mistaken) sounds like Dutch "d" as in "durven" (English: to dare)

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