DETAILED NOTES ON AJOKORTTILUOKKA

The ⟨n⟩ inside the sequence ⟨nk⟩ is pronounced being a velar nasal /ŋ/, as in English. When not followed by ⟨k⟩, /ŋː/ is created ⟨ng⟩.A distinguished illustration of the outcome of the regular language is the development from the consonant gradation form /ts : ts/ as in metsä : metsän, as this pattern was originally (1940) id