The Swedish language has got one trill, R. It's rolled in Standard Swedish but in Southern Sweden it's pronounced like [ʀ] or [ʁ].
For example, rov [ruːv] loot.
The Swedish language has got one lateral, L. It's together with R the only letter which changes among the dialects. In Norrland and Värmland it's a retroflex flap, [ɽ].
For example, loppa ['lɔpa] flea.
The Swedish language has got 3 nasal consonants, two of them correspond to their own letters, M and N. The third one [ŋ] is written NG. G is pronounced like that when before an N, though with an N sound after it.
M is pronounced [ɱ] when preceding F, V and M.
Examples, sång [sɔŋ] song; regna [rɛŋna] rain (infinitive); kamfer [kaɱfɛr] camphor.
The combination [nj], which also can be rendered as the palatal nasal [ɲ], can be spelled in three ways.
The first way is Ñ, and it only occurs in señor in texts that has to do with Spain.
The second way is NJ, which is the most common way. It mostly occurs in names but also in a few words.
The third way is GN, whenever the syllable is stressed, such as in signerad [sɪɲeːrad] signed (adjective).
When the syllable isn't stressed or the word is mono-syllable, it's pronounced [ŋn].
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