Editing Lithuanian language (section)

===Consonants===
[[File:Oath in Lithuanian regarding the lands of the Svobiškis manor, 1p, 1680.06.19, Lithuania.png|thumb|upright|Written oath in Lithuanian (1680) where Lithuanians names and surnames has endings with "-as" (e.g. Jonas Miteykienas, Kazimieras Wikszcialunas, etc.)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Drungilas |first1=Jonas |last2=Šinkūnas |first2=Mindaugas |title=1680 m. lietuviška priesaika dėl Svobiškio dvaro žemių |journal=Istorijos šaltinių tyrimai |date=2018 |volume=6 |pages=359–368 |url=https://etalpykla.lituanistika.lt/fedora/objects/LT-LDB-0001:J.04~2018~1574600438243/datastreams/DS.002.0.01.ARTIC/content |access-date=28 November 2023 |language=lt}}</ref>]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Consonant phonemes of Lithuanian
|-
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"|&nbsp;
! colspan="2"|[[Labial consonant|Labial]]
! colspan="2"|[[Dental consonant|Dental]]
! colspan="2"|[[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! rowspan="2"|[[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
! colspan="2"|[[Velar consonant|Velar]]
|- style="font-size:small;"
! hard
! soft
! hard
! soft
! hard
! soft
! hard
! soft
|-
! colspan="2"|[[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| {{IPA link|m}} || [[Palatalization (phonetics)|mʲ]]
| {{IPA link|n̪|n}} || [[Palatalization (phonetics)|nʲ]]
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! rowspan="2"|[[Stop consonant|Stop]]
! {{small|voiceless}}
| {{IPA link|p}} || [[Palatalization (phonetics)|pʲ]]
| {{IPA link|t̪|t}} || [[Palatalization (phonetics)|tʲ]]
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| [[Voiceless velar plosive|k]]|| {{IPA link|kʲ}}
|-
! {{small|voiced}}
| {{IPA link|b}} || [[Palatalization (phonetics)|bʲ]]
| {{IPA link|d̪|d}} || [[Palatalization (phonetics)|dʲ]]
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| [[Voiced velar plosive|ɡ]]|| {{IPA link|ɡʲ}}
|-
! rowspan="2"|[[Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
! {{small|voiceless}}
| colspan="2"|&nbsp;
| {{IPA link|t̪͡s̪|t͡s}} || [[Palatalization (phonetics)|t͡sʲ]]
| {{IPA link|t͡ʃ}} || {{IPA link|t͡ɕ}}
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|-
! {{small|voiced}}
| colspan="2"|&nbsp;
| {{IPA link|d̪͡z̪|d͡z}} || [[Palatalization (phonetics)|d͡zʲ]]
| {{IPA link|d͡ʒ}} || {{IPA link|d͡ʑ}}
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|-
! rowspan="2"|[[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
! {{small|voiceless}}
| ({{IPA link|f}}) || ([[Palatalization (phonetics)|{{IPA|fʲ|cat=no}}]])
| {{IPA link|s̪|s}} || [[Palatalization (phonetics)|sʲ]]
| {{IPA link|ʃ}} || {{IPA link|ɕ}}
|
| ([[Voiceless velar fricative|x]]) || ({{IPA link|xʲ}})
|-
! {{small|voiced}}
| rowspan="2"|[[Voiced labiodental fricative|v]]|| rowspan="2" |[[Palatalization (phonetics)|vʲ]]
| {{IPA link|z̪|z}} || [[Palatalization (phonetics)|zʲ]]
| {{IPA link|ʒ}} || {{IPA link|ʑ}}
| rowspan="2"|[[Voiced palatal approximant|j]]
| ([[Voiced velar fricative|ɣ]]) || ({{IPA link|ɣʲ}})
|-
! colspan="2"|[[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
| {{IPA link|ɫ̪|ɫ}}
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| 
| {{IPA link|l|lʲ}}
| ||
|-
! colspan="2"|[[Trill consonant|Trill]]
| colspan="2"|&nbsp;
| colspan="2"|&nbsp;
| {{IPA link|r}} || [[Palatalization (phonetics)|rʲ]]
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|}

All Lithuanian consonants except {{IPA|/j/}} have two variants: one non-[[Palatalization (phonetics)|palatalized]] and one palatalized, for example, {{IPA|/b/}}&nbsp;– {{IPA|/bʲ/}}, {{IPA|/d/}}&nbsp;– {{IPA|/dʲ/}}, {{IPA|/ɡ/}}&nbsp;– {{IPA|/ɡʲ/}} (see the chart above for the full consonant set, represented by [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] symbols). The consonants {{IPA|/f/}}, {{IPA|/x/}}, {{IPA|/ɣ/}} and their palatalized counterparts are only found in [[loanword]]s.

{{IPA|/t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, ɕ, ʑ/}} have been traditionally transcribed with {{angbr IPA|t͡ʃʲ, d͡ʒʲ, ʃʲ, ʒʲ}}, but they can be seen as equivalent transcriptions, with the former set being somewhat easier to write.<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Ladefoged|Maddieson|1996|p=?}}</ref>