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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Lithuanian on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Lithuanian in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between , / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Shortcut H:IPA-LTH:IPA-LT

Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Lithuanian

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 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 fabrikas fʲ fizika fool; few ɡ galva ɡʲ gerai goo; argue ɣ halas ɣʲ 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 ranka ŋʲ 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 choras xʲ 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 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 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} and are allophones of /n/ and /nʲ/, respectively, before velar consonants.

See also

• Category:Pages with Lithuanian IPA (157)