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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Lithuanian language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

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

IPA Examples IPA Examples[1] English approximation
Consonants
b bʲ boot; beautiful
d dʲ do; adieu
d͡z d͡zʲ adze
d͡ʒ d͡ʒʲ jeans
f[2] fʲ[2] fool; few
ɡ ɡʲ goo; argue
ɣ[2][3] ɣʲ[2] between go and ahead
j yes, boy
k kʲ cool; cute
ɫ lʲ pill; least
m mʲ moot; mute
n nʲ noon; newt (for some dialects)
ŋ[4] ŋʲ[4] sing
p pʲ pool; pew
r rʲ trilled r, like in Spanish
s sʲ soup; assume (for some dialects)
ʃ ʃʲ sheet
t tʲ tool; tune (for some dialects)
t͡s t͡sʲ cats
t͡ʃ t͡ʃʲ chip
v vʲ vapor; view
x[2] xʲ[2] loch; huge (for some dialects).
z zʲ zoo
ʒ ʒʲ asia
IPA Examples English approximation
Vowels
aː father
æː pat (but longer)
ɐ putt
eː pay
ɛ met
iː meet
ɪ sit
oː chore
ɔ[2] hot (RP)
uː loop
ʊ foot
Stress
ˈ primary stress follows

Notes

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