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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Lithuanian 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.

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IPAExamplesIPAExamples[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 vapour; 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
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