EURPhon: Latgalian (Standard)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Baltic

Lat/lon: 56.55, 26.93

ISO code: ltg

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-dental	alveolar	postalveolar	palatal	velar
stop	p, b		t, d			k, g
trill			r
fricative		f, v	s, z	ʃ, ʒ		x
affricate			ts, dz	tʃ, dʒ
nasal	m		n
approximant					j

Short palatalised series

	bilabial	labio-dental	alveolar	velar
stop	pʲ, bʲ		tʲ, dʲ	kʲ, gʲ
fricative		fʲ, vʲ	sʲ, zʲ	xʲ
affricate			tsʲ, dzʲ
nasal	mʲ		nʲ
lateral approximant			lʲ

Short velarised series

	alveolar
lateral approximant	ɫ

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i, i̯	ɨ	u, u̯
open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
near-open	æ
open		ä

Long series

	front	central	back
close	iː		uː
open-mid	ɛː		ɔː
near-open	æː
open		äː

Diphthongs

/iɛ/, /uɔ/

Source: Nau, Nicole. 2011. A short grammar of Latgalian. Languages of the World/Materials 482. München: Lincom Europa; Leikuma, Lidija. 2003. Latgalīšu volūda 1. Intensīvā mācību kursa materiāli. Sanktpēterburgas Valsts universitāte.

Comments: /ɔː/ and /ɛː/ are rare. Of all tonal distinctions only stød remains.