Editing Ingrian language (section)

==Phonology==
{{Main|Ingrian phonology}}
{| class="wikitable floatright" style="text-align:center"
|+ Consonant inventory of the extant Ingrian dialects
! colspan=2 |
! [[Labial consonant|Labial]]
! [[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! [[Postalveolar consonant|Postalveolar]]/<br /> [[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
! [[Velar consonant|Velar]]
! [[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
! colspan=2 | [[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| {{IPA|/m/}}
| colspan=2 | {{IPA|/n/}}
| {{IPA|[ŋ]}}
|
|-
! rowspan=3 | [[Plosive]]
! voiceless
| {{IPA|/p/}}
| colspan=2 | {{IPA|/t/}}
| {{IPA|/k/}}
|
|-
! halfvoiced
| <span style="color:green;">{{IPA|[b̥]}}</span>
| colspan=2 | <span style="color:green;">{{IPA|[d̥]}}</span>
| <span style="color:green;">{{IPA|[ɡ̊]}}</span>
|
|-
! voiced
| <span style="color:red;">{{IPA|/b/}}</span>
| colspan=2 | <span style="color:red;">{{IPA|/d/}}</span>
| <span style="color:red;">{{IPA|/ɡ/}}</span>
|
|-
! colspan=2 | [[Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
|
| {{IPA|/t͡s/}}
| {{IPA|/t͡ʃ/}}
| ||
|-
! rowspan=3 | [[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
! voiceless
| {{IPA|/f/}}
| <span style="color:red;">{{IPA|/s/}}</span>
| {{IPA|/ʃ/}}
| {{IPA|[x]}}
| {{IPA|/h/}}
|-
! halfvoiced
| 
|
| <span style="color:green;">{{IPA|[ʒ̥]}}</span>
| ||
|-
! voiced
| 
| <span style="color:red;">{{IPA|/z/}}</span>
| <span style="color:red;">{{IPA|/ʒ/}}</span>
| ||
|-
! colspan=2 | [[Trill consonant|Trill]]
|
| colspan=2 | {{IPA|/r/}}
| ||
|-
! colspan=2 | [[Lateral consonant|Lateral]]
|
| {{IPA|/l/}}, <span style="color:green;">{{IPA|[l]}}</span>
| {{IPA|[lʲ]}}
| {{IPA|[ɫ]}}
|
|-
! colspan=2 | [[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
| {{IPA|/ʋ/}}
| 
| {{IPA|/j/}}
| ||
|}

The phonology of the two extant Ingrian varieties differs substantially. The Soikkola dialect features a threefold contrast in consonant length ({{IPA|[t]}} vs {{IPA|[tˑ]}} vs {{IPA|[tː]}}) as well as a threefold distinction in voicing ({{IPA|[t]}} vs {{IPA|[d̥]}} vs {{IPA|[d]}}). The Ala-Laukaa dialect, on the contrary only has a twofold contrast in both length and voicing ({{IPA|[tː]}} vs {{IPA|[t]}} vs {{IPA|[d]}}), but features highly prominent vowel reduction, resulting in phonetically both reduced and voiceless vowels ({{IPA|[o]}} vs {{IPA|[ŏ]}} vs {{IPA|[ŏ̥]}}).

Both dialects show various processes of consonant assimilation in voicing and, in the case of the nasal phoneme {{IPA|/n/}}, place of articulation. The consonant inventory of the Ala-Laukaa dialect is relatively larger, as it includes a number of loaned phonemes not or only partially distinguished in the Soikkola dialect.

To the right, the consonant inventory of Ingrian is shown. The consonants highlighted in <span style="color:red;">red</span> are only found in the Ala-Laukaa dialect or as loaned phonemes, while consonants in <span style="color:green;">green</span> are only found in the Soikkola dialect. Both phonemes (slashes) and allophones (brackets) are shown.

Stress in Ingrian generally falls on the first syllable, with a secondary stress on every uneven nonfinal syllabe (third, fifth, etc.). An exception is the word ''paraikaa'' ("now"), which is stressed on the second syllable. Furthermore, some speakers might stress borrowed words according to the stress rules of the donor language.