Simplified Phonetic Transcription For Lithuanian (wikipedia)

This page is used to describe the simplified system of Lithuanian phonetic transcription (in wikipedia). For more detail information on the Phonetics of Lithuanian language see Lithuanian Language#sounds .

The simplified phonetic transcription of Lithuanian language (in wikipedia) is created to help users of Wikipedia which want to know or to insert more precise pronouncing of certain words of Lithuanian Language . Lithuanian language has no standard pronouncing marks for general usage (signs of the Prahan phonetic alphabet are mostly used for Lithuanian Transcription in scientific texts). The simplified phonetic transcription of Lithuanian language (in wikipedia) may be used instead of the Prahan transcription for general not scientific purposes as less complicated and more understandable for majority of users. This system isn't adopted as official.

THE GENERAL RULES

The sign ⁱ above a consonant means soft pronouncing (the Palatalization ) of it (the l' before a Consonant mean soft-pronounced, or palatalized, l too, while l is always used for not palatalized l).

An Accented Vowel is marked in bold.

Vowels ā, æ, ē, ī, ō, ū are long, but a, e, i, o, u are short.

The letters ǐ, ŭ are parts of diphthongs (aǐ, aŭ, eǐ, eŭ, ǐe, oǐ, ŭo, uǐ).

The letters t^ʃ and d^ʒ mean tʃ and dʒ with ʃ weaker than t and ʒ weaker than d respectively.

THE MORE EXPLICIT RULES

EXAMPLES

Akmenė ænē" class="copylinks" target="_blank">{Link without Title}

Druskininkai: uskininkaǐ" class="copylinks" target="_blank">{Link without Title}

Kaunas: ŭnas" class="copylinks" target="_blank">{Link without Title}

Klaipėda: ǐpēda" class="copylinks" target="_blank">{Link without Title}

Kryžių kalnas (The Hill of Crosses): īʒⁱū" class="copylinks" target="_blank">k'''ā'''lnas

Lietuva: a" class="copylinks" target="_blank">{Link without Title}

Nemunas (a river): æmunas" class="copylinks" target="_blank">{Link without Title}

Neris (a river): is" class="copylinks" target="_blank">{Link without Title}

Panevėžys: īs" class="copylinks" target="_blank">{Link without Title}

Šiauliai ǐ" class="copylinks" target="_blank">{Link without Title}

Šventoji (a river): ōji" class="copylinks" target="_blank">{Link without Title}

Telšių apskritis: ū" class="copylinks" target="_blank">apskrit'''i'''s

Varėnos rajonas: ōs" class="copylinks" target="_blank">raj'''o'''nas

Vilnius: il'nⁱus" class="copylinks" target="_blank">{Link without Title}

Žemaičių Naumiestis ǐt^ʃiū" class="copylinks" target="_blank">na'''ŭ'''miestis

Antanas Smetona: ānas" class="copylinks" target="_blank">smet'''ō'''na

Juozapas Skvireckas: ozapas" class="copylinks" target="_blank">skvir'''æ'''tskas

Vytautas Didysis (Vytautas the Great): ītaǔtas" class="copylinks" target="_blank">didīsis

apskritis, apskritys: is," class="copylinks" target="_blank">'''ā'''pskritīs

cepelinai: inaǐ" class="copylinks" target="_blank">{Link without Title}

litas, litai: itas," class="copylinks" target="_blank">litaǐ

vienybė težydi (let the Unity flourish!): ībē" class="copylinks" target="_blank">teʒīdi

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