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A double vowel is twice as long as a single vowel. Double vowel combinations are aa, ää, ee, ii, oo, öö, uu, and yy.
A double vowel is twice as long as a single vowel. Double vowel combinations are aa, ää, ee, ii, oo, öö, uu, and yy.
=== Consonants ===
=== Consonants ===
Double consonants are pronounced separately. The first is the final letter of one syllable and the second is the initial letter of the next syllable. While Finnish uses the full Roman alphabet of 26 letters plus ä, ö, and å, literary Finnish uses 21, omitting b, c, f, q, w, x, z using them only for foreign words.
Double consonants are pronounced separately. The first is the final letter of one syllable and the second is the initial letter of the next syllable.
 
=== Accent ===
=== Accent ===
The stress always falls on the first syllable, even with words of foreign origin.
The stress always falls on the first syllable, even with words of foreign origin.
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