| bilabial | labio-dental | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | glottal | |
| stop | p | t̪ | k | |||||
| trill | r | |||||||
| fricative | v | s̪ | h | |||||
| affricate | tʃ | |||||||
| nasal | m | n̪ | ||||||
| approximant | j | |||||||
| lateral approximant | l̪ |
| alveolar | |
| stop | tʲ |
| fricative | sʲ |
| nasal | nʲ |
| lateral approximant | lʲ |
| front | back | |
| close | i, y | u |
| close-mid | e̞, ø̞ | o̞ |
| near-open | æ | |
| open | ɑ |
/ie̞/, /uo̞/, /yø̞/, /yæ/, /iæ/, /uɑ/
(C)V(C)(C), s̪CV(C)(C), CLV(C)(C), CNV(C)(C)
Source: Зайков, П.М. 1999. Грамматика карельского языка (фонетика и морфология). Петрозаводск: Периодика
Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)