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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	butas	bʲ	labiau	boot; beautiful
d	du	dʲ	didelis	do; adieu
d͡z	dzūkas	d͡zʲ	dziedas	adze
d͡ʒ	džar	d͡ʒʲ	džiaugsmas	jeans
f^[2]	fabrikas	fʲ^[2]	fizika	fool; few
ɡ	galva	ɡʲ	gerai	goo; argue
ɣ^[2]^[3]	halas	ɣʲ^[2]	himnas	between go and ahead
		j	jauna, ji	yes, boy
k	kas	kʲ	kiek	cool; cute
ɫ	labas	lʲ	lietus	pill; least
m	mama	mʲ	miltai	moot; mute
n	namas	nʲ	niekas	noon; newt (for some dialects)
ŋ^[4]	ranka	ŋʲ^[4]	rengti	sing
p	padas	pʲ	pienas	pool; pew
r	ratas	rʲ	rėtis	trilled r, like in Spanish
s	saulė	sʲ	siena	soup; assume (for some dialects)
ʃ	šaukštas	ʃʲ	šienas, šis	sheet
t	tai	tʲ	ten	tool; tune (for some dialects)
t͡s	caras	t͡sʲ	citrina	cats
t͡ʃ	čaižus	t͡ʃʲ	čia	chip
v	vanduo	vʲ	visi	vapor; view
x^[2]	choras	xʲ^[2]	chimera	loch; huge (for some dialects).
z	zaunyti	zʲ	zylė	zoo
ʒ	žodis	ʒʲ	žilas	asia

IPA	Examples	English approximation
Vowels
aː	ratas, kąsti	father
ɛː	tęsti	pat (but longer)
æː	retas	(none)
ɐ	kas, ta	putt
eː	tėtė	play
ɛ	mesti	met
iː	vyras, į	meet
ɪ	ji, kitas	sit
oː	voras	chore
ɔ^[2]	choras	hot (RP)
uː	rūta, namų	loop
ʊ	kur, du	foot
Stress
ˈ	primary stress follows

Notes

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g The phonemes /f/, /fʲ/, /ɣ/, /ɣʲ/, /x/, /xʲ/, and /ɔ/ only occur in loanwords.
^ Sometimes pronounced as [ɦ].
^ ^a ^b [ŋ] and [ŋʲ] are allophones of /n/ and /nʲ/ respectively before velar consonants.

[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.

[loan-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].

[velar-4] [ŋ] and [ŋʲ] are allophones of /n/ and /nʲ/ respectively before velar consonants.

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