| Consonants |
| IPA | Examples | Nearest English equivalent |
| b | bok [ˈbuːk] "book" | book |
| ɕ, ç | kjol [ˈɕuːl] "skirt" (Swedish)
[ˈçuːl] (Norwegian) | she (Swedish)
huge (Norwegian) |
| d | dop [ˈduːp] "christening" | do |
| ɖ | nord [ˈnuːɖ] "north"[1] | order |
| f | fot [ˈfuːt] "foot" | foot |
| ɡ | god [ˈɡuːd] "good" | good |
| h | hot [ˈhuːt] "threat" | hoot |
| ɧ, ʃ | sjok [ˈɧuːk] "chunk" (Swedish)[2]
[ˈʃuːk] (Norwegian) | loch etc. (Swedish)
shoe (Norwegian) |
| j | jord [ˈjuːɖ] "earth" | you |
| k | kon [ˈkʰuːn] "cone" | coo |
| l | lov [ˈluːv] "tack" (sailing)
[ˈloːʋ] (Norwegian) | louver |
| ɭ | Karlstad [ˈkʰɑːɭ.sta] (the town)[1] | twirler |
| m | mod [ˈmuːd] "courage" | mood |
| n | nod [ˈnuːd] "node" | noon |
| ɳ | Vänern [ˈvɛːnəɳ] (the lake)[1] | turner |
| ŋ | lång [ˈlɔŋ] "long" | long |
| p | pol [ˈpʰuːl] "pole" (of rotation) | pool |
| r, ɾ | fira [ˈfiːra] "celebrate" (Swedish)
[ˈfiːɾa] (Norwegian)[3] | A flapped or trilled R. |
| s | sot [ˈsuːt] "soot" | soon |
| ʂ | fersk [ˈfæʂːk] "fresh"[1] | marshal |
| ʃ, ɧ | sjok [ˈɧuːk] "chunk" (Swedish)[2]
[ˈʃuːk] (Norwegian) | loch etc. (Swedish)
shoe (Norwegian) |
| t | tok [ˈtʰuːk] "fool" | too |
| ʈ | karta [ˈkʰɑːʈa] "map"[1] | Carter |
| v, ʋ | våt [ˈvoːt] "wet" (Swedish)
[ˈʋoːt] (Norwegian) | vote (Swedish)
between v and w (Norwegian) |
| ʐ | rov [ˈʐuːv] "prey; loot" (Swedish)[3]
[ˈɾoːʋ] (Norwegian) | between Jacques and rue (Swedish)
flapped R (Norwegian) |
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| Vowels |
| ɑː | mat [ˈmɑːt] "food" | bra |
| a | matt [ˈmat] "listless" | Northern English/Scottish trap |
| æ | fersk [ˈfæʂːk] "fresh"[4] | Southern English/Australian/American trap |
| æː | ära [æːra] "honor"[4] | Australian mask |
| eː | hel [ˈheːl] "whole" | in Scottish save |
| ɛ | häll [ˈhɛl] "flat rock" | hell |
| ɛː | häl [ˈhɛːl] "heel" | in English square, there, etc. |
| iː | sil [ˈsiːl] "sieve" | leaf |
| ɪ | sill [ˈsɪl] "herring" | sill |
| oː | mål [ˈmoːl] "goal" | in Scottish stove |
| ɔ | moll [ˈmɔl] "minor" (music) | moll, with round lips |
| øː | nöt [ˈnøːt] "nut" | French or German long ö, with round lips |
| œ | nött [ˈnœt] "worn" | French œu or German short ö, with round lips |
| œː | öra [œːra] "ear"[4] | like œ but longer |
| ɵ | full [ˈfɵl] "full" | dinosaur, in some dialects, with tight lips[5] |
| uː | bot [ˈbuːt] "penance" | boot, with tight lips[5] |
| ʉː | ful [ˈfʉːl] "ugly" | fuel, Australian fool, with tight lips[5][6] |
| ʊ | bott [ˈbʊt] "lived" | put, with tight lips[5] |
| yː | syl [ˈsyːl] "awl" | French u or German long ü, with round lips |
| ʏ | syll [ˈsʏl] "sleeper" (railroad) | German short ü, with round lips |
| unstressed |
| ə | begå [bəˈɡoː] "commit" | bedeck |
