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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Lithuanian language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Lithuanian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Lithuanian.

IPA key

IPA Examples IPA Examples [1] English approximation
Consonants
b butas labiau boot; beautiful
d du didelis do; adieu
dz dzūkas dzʲ dziedas adze
ar iaugsmas jeans
f [2] fabrikas [2] fizika fool; few
ɡ galva ɡʲ gerai goo; argue
ɣ [2] halas ɣʲ [2] himnas between go and ahead
j jauna, ji yes, boy
k kas kiek school; skew
ɫ labas lietus pill; least
m mama miltai moot; mute
n namas niekas noon; newt (for some dialects)
ŋ [3] ranka ŋʲ [3] rengti sang; sing
p padas pienas spoon; spew
r ratas rėtis American atom, American catty
s saulė siena soup; assume (for some dialects)
ʃ šaukštas ɕ šienas, šis sheet
t tai ten stool; stew (for some dialects)
ts caras tsʲ citrina cats
čaižus čia chip
v vanduo visi vapor; view
x [2] choras [2] chimera loch; huge
z zaunyti zylė zoo; Zeus (for some dialects)
ʒ žodis ʑ žilas asia
IPA Examples English approximation
Vowels
ratas, kąsti father
ɛː tęsti last
æː retas bad
ɐ kas, ta putt
tėtė fairy
ɛ mesti met
vyras, į need
ɪ ji, kitas sit
voras chore
ɔ [2] choras off
rūta, namų moon
ʊ kur, du foot
Stress and tone
ˈ primary stress follows
ǐː "circumflex" or rising tone
îː "acute" or falling tone

Notes

  1. ^ Lithuanian makes contrasts between palatalized and unpalatalized consonants. Palatalized consonants are denoted by [ʲ] and are pronounced with the body of the tongue raised toward the hard palate, like the articulation of the y sound in yes.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Phonemes /f/, /fʲ/, /ɣ/, /ɣʲ/, /x/, /xʲ/, and /ɔ/ occur only in loanwords.
  3. ^ a b [ ŋ and [ ŋʲ are allophones of /n/ and /nʲ/, respectively, before velar consonants.

See also

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Lithuanian language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Lithuanian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Lithuanian.

IPA key

IPA Examples IPA Examples [1] English approximation
Consonants
b butas labiau boot; beautiful
d du didelis do; adieu
dz dzūkas dzʲ dziedas adze
ar iaugsmas jeans
f [2] fabrikas [2] fizika fool; few
ɡ galva ɡʲ gerai goo; argue
ɣ [2] halas ɣʲ [2] himnas between go and ahead
j jauna, ji yes, boy
k kas kiek school; skew
ɫ labas lietus pill; least
m mama miltai moot; mute
n namas niekas noon; newt (for some dialects)
ŋ [3] ranka ŋʲ [3] rengti sang; sing
p padas pienas spoon; spew
r ratas rėtis American atom, American catty
s saulė siena soup; assume (for some dialects)
ʃ šaukštas ɕ šienas, šis sheet
t tai ten stool; stew (for some dialects)
ts caras tsʲ citrina cats
čaižus čia chip
v vanduo visi vapor; view
x [2] choras [2] chimera loch; huge
z zaunyti zylė zoo; Zeus (for some dialects)
ʒ žodis ʑ žilas asia
IPA Examples English approximation
Vowels
ratas, kąsti father
ɛː tęsti last
æː retas bad
ɐ kas, ta putt
tėtė fairy
ɛ mesti met
vyras, į need
ɪ ji, kitas sit
voras chore
ɔ [2] choras off
rūta, namų moon
ʊ kur, du foot
Stress and tone
ˈ primary stress follows
ǐː "circumflex" or rising tone
îː "acute" or falling tone

Notes

  1. ^ Lithuanian makes contrasts between palatalized and unpalatalized consonants. Palatalized consonants are denoted by [ʲ] and are pronounced with the body of the tongue raised toward the hard palate, like the articulation of the y sound in yes.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Phonemes /f/, /fʲ/, /ɣ/, /ɣʲ/, /x/, /xʲ/, and /ɔ/ occur only in loanwords.
  3. ^ a b [ ŋ and [ ŋʲ are allophones of /n/ and /nʲ/, respectively, before velar consonants.

See also


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