Northern European Mythology
Magic Songs of the West Finns, Vol. I: The Value of Addit...
Magic Songs of the West Finns, Vol. I, by John Abercromby, [1898]
c in East Finnish = ts.
č = Eng. ch in choose.
ḷ = tl.
ǰ = Eng. j in joke.
ṅ, ñ̇ = Eng. ng in bring.
š = Eng. sh in shall.
ž = French j in jour.
χ =kh or ch in Sc. loch.
Consonants with a dash over or beside them, e.g. b´, c´, d´, are soft and followed by a slight y sound.
ị is a thick guttural i, the Russian yerŭ.
y in Finnish words= ü.
i before another vowel in Russian words = y in yam, yield.