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 bʲ labiau boot; beautiful
d du dʲ didelis do; adieu
dz dzūkas dzʲ dziedas adze
dʒ džar dʑ džiaugsmas jeans
f[2] fabrikas fʲ[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 kʲ kiek school; skew
ɫ labas lʲ lietus pill; least
m mama mʲ miltai moot; mute
n namas nʲ niekas noon; newt (for some dialects)
ŋ[3] ranka ŋʲ[3] rengti sang; sing
p padas pʲ pienas spoon; spew
r ratas rʲ rėtis American atom, American catty
s saulė sʲ siena soup; assume (for some dialects)
ʃ šaukštas ɕ šienas, šis sheet
t tai tʲ ten stool; stew (for some dialects)
ts caras tsʲ citrina cats
tʃ čaižus tɕ čia chip
v vanduo vʲ visi vapor; view
x[2] choras xʲ[2] chimera loch; huge
z zaunyti zʲ zylė zoo; Zeus (for some dialects)
ʒ žodis ʑ žilas Asia
IPA Examples English approximation
Vowels
aː ratas, kąsti father
ɛː tęsti fairy
æː retas bad
ɐ kas, ta putt
eː tėtė pay
ɛ mesti met
iː vyras, į need
ɪ ji, kitas sit
oː voras chore
ɔ[2] choras off
uː rūta, namų cool
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

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Lithuanian
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