lietuvių
 
Lithuanian
lietuvių [LangPhonology]
Lithuanian Phonology

EXPLANATION

lietuvių [LangPhonologyText]

These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the Lithuanian language.

CONSONANTS

The type of phonation is indicated by the phone's color shading:

t
voiceless
d
voiced
▼ PLACE OF ARTICULATION ▼
LABIAL
CORONAL
DORSAL
▼ MANNER ▼
BILABIAL
LABIO-DENTAL
ALVEOLAR
POST-ALVEOLAR
PALATAL
VELAR
NASAL
m[1]
[2]
n[3]
[4]
PLOSIVE
p[5]
[6]
t[7]
[8]
k[9]
[10]
b[11]
[12]
d[13]
[14]
ɡ[15]
ɡʲ[16]
SIBILANT AFFRICATE
t͡s[17]
t͡sʲ[18]
t͡ʃ[19]
t͡ɕ[20]
d͡z[21]
d͡zʲ[22]
d͡ʒ[23]
d͡ʑ[24]
FRICATIVE
f[25]
[26]
x[31]
[32]
v[33]
[34]
ɣ[40]
ɣʲ[41]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[27]
[28]
ʃ[29]
ɕ[30]
z[35]
[36]
ʒ[37]
ʑ[38]
APPROXIMANT
j[39]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
ɫ[42]
[43]
TRILL
r[44]
[45]

END OF Lithuanian PHONOLOGY CHART FOR CONSONANTS!

PHONOLOGY INVENTORY

No.
IPA
Length
CoArt
Voicing
Place
Manner
1
m
 
voiced
bilabial
nasal
2
 
palatalized
voiced
bilabial
nasal
3
n
 
voiced
alveolar
nasal
4
 
palatalized
voiced
alveolar
nasal
5
p
 
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
6
 
palatalized
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
7
t
 
voiceless
alveolar
plosive
8
 
palatalized
voiceless
alveolar
plosive
9
k
 
voiceless
velar
plosive
10
 
palatalized
voiceless
velar
plosive
11
b
 
voiced
bilabial
plosive
12
 
palatalized
voiced
bilabial
plosive
13
d
 
voiced
alveolar
plosive
14
 
palatalized
voiced
alveolar
plosive
15
ɡ
 
voiced
velar
plosive
16
ɡʲ
 
palatalized
voiced
velar
plosive
17
t͡s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant affricate
18
t͡sʲ
 
palatalized
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant affricate
19
t͡ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
20
t͡ɕ
 
voiceless
palatal
sibilant affricate
21
d͡z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant affricate
22
d͡zʲ
 
palatalized
voiced
alveolar
sibilant affricate
23
d͡ʒ
 
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
24
d͡ʑ
 
voiced
palatal
sibilant affricate
25
f
 
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
26
 
palatalized
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
27
s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
28
 
palatalized
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
29
ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
30
ɕ
 
voiceless
palatal
sibilant fricative
31
x
 
voiceless
velar
fricative
32
 
palatalized
voiceless
velar
fricative
33
v
 
voiced
labio-dental
fricative
34
 
palatalized
voiced
labio-dental
fricative
35
z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant fricative
36
 
palatalized
voiced
alveolar
sibilant fricative
37
ʒ
 
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
38
ʑ
 
voiced
palatal
sibilant fricative
39
j
 
voiced
palatal
approximant
40
ɣ
 
voiced
velar
fricative
41
ɣʲ
 
palatalized
voiced
velar
fricative
42
ɫ
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
43
 
palatalized
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
44
r
 
voiced
alveolar
trill
45
 
palatalized
voiced
alveolar
trill

VOWELS

 
VOWEL HEIGHT
CLOSE
NEAR-CLOSE
CLOSE-MID
MID
OPEN-MID
NEAR-OPEN
OPEN