Biocrawler:Simplified phonetic transcription for Lithuanian
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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, ć, 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 tʃ and dʒ mean tʃ and dʒ with ʃ weaker than t and ʒ weaker than d respectively.
The more explicit rules
Examples
- Akmenė [akmćnē]
- Druskininkai: [druskininkaǐ]
- Kaunas: [kaŭnas]
- Klaipėda: [klaǐpēda]
- Kryžių kalnas (The Hill of Crosses): [krīʒiū kālnas]
- Lietuva: [lǐetuva]
- Nemunas (a river): [nćmunas]
- Neris (a river): [neris]
- Panevėžys: [panevēʒīs]
- Šiauliai [ʃiaŭliaǐ]
- Šventoji (a river): [ʃventōji]
- Telšių apskritis: [tel'ʃiū apskritis]
- Varėnos rajonas: [varēnōs rajonas]
- Vilnius: [vil'nius]
- Žemaičių Naumiestis [ʒemaǐtʃiū naŭmiestis]
- Antanas Smetona: [antānas smetōna]
- Juozapas Skvireckas: [jǔozapas skvirćtskas]
- Vytautas Didysis (Vytautas the Great): [vītaǔtas didīsis]
- apskritis, apskritys: [apskritis, āpskritīs]
- cepelinai: [tsepelinaǐ]
- litas, litai: [litas, litaǐ]
- vienybė težydi (let the Unity flourish!): [vienībē teʒīdi]
