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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 bad
ɐ kas, ta putt
eː tėtė play
ɛ mesti met
iː vyras, į need
ɪ ji, kitas sit
oː voras chore
ɔ[2] choras hot (RP)
uː rūta, namų moon
ʊ kur, du 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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