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 b utasbʲ lab iau
b oot; b eautiful
d d udʲ d id elisd o; adi eu
d͡z dz ūkasd͡zʲ dz iedasadz e
d͡ʒ dž ard͡ʒ dž iaugsmasj eans
f [2] f abrikasfʲ [2] f izikaf ool; f ew
ɡ g alvaɡʲ g eraig oo; arg ue
ɣ [2] h alasɣʲ [2] h imnasbetween g o and ah ead
j j auna, j iy es, boy
k k askʲ k iekc ool; c ute
ɫ l abaslʲ l ietuspill ; l east
m m am amʲ m iltaim oot; m ute
n n amasnʲ n iekasn oon; n ewt (for some dialects )
ŋ [3] ran ka
ŋʲ [3] ren gti
sing
p p adaspʲ p ienasp ool; p ew
r r atasrʲ r ėtistrilled r , like in Spanish
s s aulėsʲ s ienas oup; ass ume (for some dialects )
ʃ š aukš tasʃ š ienas, š issh eet
t t aitʲ t ent ool; t une (for some dialects )
t͡s c arast͡sʲ c itrinacats
t͡ʃ č aižust͡ʃ č iach ip
v v anduovʲ v isiv apor; v iew
x [2] ch orasxʲ [2] ch imeraloch ; h uge (for some dialects ).
z z aunytizʲ z ylėz oo
ʒ ž odisʒ ž ilasasi a
IPA Examples
English approximation
Vowels
aː ra tas, ką sti
fa ther
ɛː tę sti
pa t (but longer )
æː re tas
ba d
ɐ ka s, ta
pu tt
eː tė tė
play
ɛ me sti
me t
iː vy ras, į
nee d
ɪ ji , ki tas
si t
oː vo ras
cho re
ɔ [2] cho ras
ho t (RP )
uː rū ta, namų
moo n
ʊ ku r, du
foo t
Stress and tone
ˈ primary stress follows
ǐː "circumflex" or rising tone
îː "acute" or falling tone
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. ^ a b [ŋ ] and [ŋʲ ] are allophones of /n / and /nʲ / respectively before velar consonants.
