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The letters ą and ę were taken from the Polish spelling for what at the time were nasal vowels. They were first used by Renaissance Lithuanian writers. Later the letters į and ų were introduced for the remaining nasal vowels, which have since denasalized. [3] [5] Letter ū is the latest addition by linguist Jonas Jablonskis. [3] [5]
Lithuanian has 11 vowels and 45 consonants, including 22 pairs of consonants distinguished by the presence or absence of palatalization. Most vowels come in pairs which are differentiated through length and degree of centralization. Only one syllable in the word bears the accent, but exactly which syllable is often unpredictable. Accented ...
The nasal vowels ą and ę were taken from the Polish spelling and began to be used by Renaissance Lithuanian writers, later the Lithuanians introduced the nasal vowels į and ų as analogues. [121] [123] The letter ū is the latest addition by linguist Jonas Jablonskis. [128] [123]
A nasal vowel is a vowel that is produced with a lowering of the soft palate (or velum) so that the air flow escapes through the nose and the mouth simultaneously, as in the French vowel /ɑ̃/ or Amoy [ɛ̃]. By contrast, oral vowels are produced without nasalization. Nasalized vowels are vowels
In modern Lithuanian, it is no longer nasal and is now pronounced as a long a. It is the second letter of the Lithuanian alphabet called a nosinė (nasal a ). The letter is most often found at the end of the noun to construct an ending of accusative case , as in aslą [aːslaː] , the accusative of asla (ground, floor); both a and ą in aslą ...
Ę (minuscule: ę; Polish: e z ogonkiem, "e with a little tail"; Lithuanian: e nosinė, "nasal e") is a letter in the Polish, Lithuanian, and Dalecarlian alphabets. It is also used in Navajo to represent the nasal vowel [ẽ] and Kensiu to represent the near-open near-front unrounded vowel [e̝].
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Lithuanian on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Lithuanian in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
The simplified phonetic transcription of Lithuanian language (in Wikipedia) is created to help users of Wikipedia who want a more precise pronunciation of certain words in the Lithuanian language. Lithuanian has no standard pronunciation marks for general usage (signs of the Prahan phonetic alphabet are mostly used for Lithuanian transcription ...