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PHONETICS
CONSONANTS By the airflow from the mouth there are fricative and plosive consonants. By the labour of vocal cords there are voiceless and voiced consonants. Based on their position in a word all consonants are hard (before u, ų, ū, o, a, ą) or soft (before i, į, y, ė, e, ę). Consonant j is always soft (Jonas
, jūs
, ji
).
Originally soft consonants before u, ų, ū, o, a, ą are pronounced soft and marked by the sign of softness i (kiaušinis
, vyšnios
, žodžių
). Consonant laws Voiceless consonants p, t, k, s, š before voiced b, d, g, z, ž are pronounced like voiced (pusbrolis
[puzbrolis]). Voiced consonants b, d, g, z, ž before voiceless p, t, k, s, š are pronounced like voiceless (dirbti
[dirpti]). When consonants s, š, z, ž are next to each other in a word only the second one is pronounced (užsienis
[usienis]). When two same consonants meet only one is pronounced (pusseserė
[puseserė]). The combination sč is pronounced like šč, and the combination zdž – like ždž (anksčiau
[ankščiau], pavyzdžiui
[pavyždžiui]). The consonant n before k, g is pronounced like palatal (ranka
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