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 {{IPA-lt }} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters .
See Lithuanian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Lithuanian.
IPA Examples
IPA Examples[1]
English approximation
Consonants
b b utas
bʲ lab iau
b oot; b eautiful
d d u
dʲ d id elis
d o; adi eu
dz dz ūkas
dzʲ dz iedas
adz e
dʒ dž ar
dʑ dž iaugsmas
j eans
f [2] f abrikas
fʲ [2] f izika
f ool; f ew
ɡ g alva
ɡʲ g erai
g oo; arg ue
ɣ [2] h alas
ɣʲ [2] h imnas
between g o and ah ead
j j auna, j i
y es, boy
k k as
kʲ k iek
sch ool; sk ew
ɫ l abas
lʲ l ietus
pill ; l east
m m am a
mʲ m iltai
m oot; m ute
n n amas
nʲ n iekas
n oon; n ewt (for some dialects )
ŋ [3] ran ka
ŋʲ [3] ren gti
sing
p p adas
pʲ p ienas
sp oon; sp ew
r r atas
rʲ r ėtis
trilled r , like in Spanish
s s aulė
sʲ s iena
s oup; ass ume (for some dialects )
ʃ š aukš tas
ɕ š ienas, š is
sh eet
t t ai
tʲ t en
st ool; st ew (for some dialects )
ts c aras
tsʲ c itrina
cats
tʃ č aižus
tɕ č ia
ch ip
v v anduo
vʲ v isi
v apor; v iew
x [2] ch oras
xʲ [2] ch imera
loch ; h uge (for some dialects ).
z z aunyti
zʲ z ylė
z oo; Z eus (for some dialects )
ʒ ž odis
ʑ ž ilas
asi a
IPA
Examples
English approximation
Vowels
aː ra tas, ką sti
fa ther
ɛː tę sti
la st
æː re tas
ba d
ɐ ka s, ta
pu tt
eː tė tė
fai ry
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
o ff
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
^ 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 .
^ a b c d e f g Phonemes /f/ , /fʲ/ , /ɣ/ , /ɣʲ/ , /x/ , /xʲ/ , and /ɔ/ occur only in loanwords.
^ a b [ŋ ] and [ŋʲ ] are allophones of /n / and /nʲ /, respectively, before velar consonants.
Comparisons Introductory guides
