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Latvian (Standard)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Baltic

Lat/lon: 56.9, 24.1

ISO code: lvs

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelar
stopp, bt, dc, ɟk, g
trillr
fricativef, vs, zʃ, ʒx
affricatets, dztʃ, dʒ
nasalmnɲ
approximantj
lateral approximantlʎ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, i̯
near-closeʊ, ʊ̯
open-midɛɔ
near-openæ
open

Long series

frontcentralback
close
open-midɛːɔː
near-openæː
openäː

Diphthongs

/iə/, /uʌ/

Tones

31, 33

Source: Balode, Laimute; Holvoet, Axel. 2001. The Latvian language and its dialects. Circum-Baltic Languages. Volume I: Past and Present, 3–40. John Benjamins Publishing Company: Amsterdam/Philadelphia.

Comments: Also the broken tone is present.

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