äänteisistä
Äänteisistä is a Finnish term that translates to "sounded" or "voiced" and is primarily used in linguistics to describe speech sounds. Specifically, it refers to consonants produced with vocal cord vibration. This vibration distinguishes voiced sounds from their unvoiced counterparts, which are produced without vocal cord activity.
The most common pairs of voiced and unvoiced consonants in Finnish include:
j / (no direct unvoiced counterpart, but similar to palatal fricatives)
ä / ö (vowels are inherently voiced)
In Finnish phonology, the distinction between voiced and unvoiced consonants is phonemic, meaning it can change