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Lithuanian (South Samogitian)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Baltic

Lat/lon: 55.73, 22.37

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-closeɪ̯ʊ̯
close-mideo
open-midɛ
near-openɐ

Long series

frontcentralback
close
near-openæː
openäː

Diphthongs

/iɛ/, /uɔ/

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: Stød is found instead of the tonal oppositions.

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