Template:User:Thadh/et-IPA/documentation

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This template is to be used to generate Estonian IPA transcriptions. It uses the following special characters:

' To be used after palatalised consonants:
>jaht' for jaht
* To be used for short geminates:
>ka*lu for kaalu (gen. sg)
+ To be used between two parts of a compound:
>põhja+tuul for põhjatuul
ˈ To indicate stress if doesn't fall on the first syllable:
>aiˈtäh for aitäh

Any irregularly pronounced term may be respelled either using Estonian spelling convention or by including IPA characters.