Help:IPA for Lithuanian

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 English approximation Consonants b butas bʲ labiau boot; beautiful d du dʲ didelis do; adieu d͡z dzūkas d͡zʲ dziedas adze d͡ʒ džar d͡ʒʲ 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 cool; cute 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 sing p padas pʲ pienas pool; pew r ratas rʲ rėtis trilled r, like in Spanish s saulė sʲ siena soup; assume (for some dialects) ʃ šaukštas ʃʲ šienas, šis sheet t tai tʲ ten tool; tune (for some dialects) t͡s caras t͡sʲ citrina cats t͡ʃ čaižus t͡ʃʲ čia chip v vanduo vʲ visi vapor; view x choras xʲ chimera loch; huge (for some dialects). z zaunyti zʲ zylė zoo ʒ žodis ʒʲ žilas asia

IPA Examples English approximation Vowels aː ratas, kąsti father ɛː tęsti pat (but longer) æː retas bad ɐ kas, ta putt eː tėtė play ɛ mesti met iː vyras, į need ɪ ji, kitas sit oː voras chore ɔ choras hot (RP) uː rūta, namų moon ʊ kur, du foot Stress and tone ˈ primary stress follows ǐː "circumflex" or rising tone îː "acute" or falling tone