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Lithuanian (West Samogitian)
Phylum: Indo-European
Genus: Baltic
Lat/lon: 55.71, 21.13
ISO code: lit
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-dental | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar |
| stop | p, b | | t̪, d̪ | | | | k, ɡ |
| trill | | | | r | | | |
| fricative | | f, v | s̪, z̪ | | ʃ, ʒ | | x, ɣ |
| affricate | | | t̪s̪, d̪z̪ | | tʃ, dʒ | | |
| nasal | m | | n̪ | | | | |
| approximant | | | | | | j | |
Short palatalised series
| alveolar | velar |
| stop | | kʲ, ɡʲ |
| lateral approximant | lʲ | |
Short velarised series
| alveolar |
| lateral approximant | ɫ |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
| near-close | ɪ̯ | | ʊ̯ |
| close-mid | e | | o |
| open-mid | ɛ | | |
| near-open | | ɐ | |
Long series
| front | central | back |
| close | iː | | uː |
| close-mid | eː | | oː |
| near-open | æː | | |
| open | | äː | |
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)