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Lithuanian (West Aukštaitian)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Baltic

Lat/lon: 54.9, 23.9

ISO code: lit

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelar
stopp, bt̪, d̪k, ɡ
trillr
fricativef, vs̪, z̪ʃ, ʒx, ɣ
affricatet̪s̪, d̪z̪tʃ, dʒ
nasalm
approximantj

Short palatalised series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarvelar
stoppʲ, bʲtʲ, dʲkʲ, ɡʲ
trill
fricativefʲ, vʲsʲ, zʲʃʲ, ʒʲxʲ, ɣʲ
affricatetsʲ, dzʲtʃʲ, dʒʲ
nasal
lateral approximant

Short velarised series

alveolar
lateral approximantɫ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
near-closeɪ, ɪ̯ʊ, ʊ̯
open-midɛɔ
near-openɐ

Long series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
near-openæː
openäː

Diphthongs

/iə/, /uə/

Tones

42, 33

Source: Balode, Laimute; Holvoet, Axel. 2001. The Lithuanian language and its dialects. Circum-Baltic Languages. Volume I: Past and Present, 41–79. John Benjamins Publishing Company: Amsterdam / Philadelphia.

Comments: /t̪s̪/, /tsʲ/, /d̪z̪/, /dzʲ/ are rare. /xʲ/, /ɣʲ/, /x/, /ɣ/, /f/, /fʲ/, /ɔ/ are restricted to borrowings.

Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)