Lithuanian Alphabet
Lithuanian employs a Latin alphabet. It is composed of 32 letters. The collation order presents one surprise: "Y" is moved to occur between I Ogonek (Į) and J.
| A | Ą | B | C | Č | D | E | Ę | Ė | F | G | H | I | Į | Y | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | Š | T | U | Ų | Ū | V | Z | Ž |
| a | ą | b | c | č | d | e | ę | ė | f | g | h | i | į | y | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | r | s | š | t | u | ų | ū | v | z | ž |
Acute, grave, and macron/tilde accents can be used to mark stress and vowel length. However, these are generally not written, except in dictionaries and where needed for clarity. In addition, the following digraphs are used, but are treated as sequences of two letters for collation purposes. The "Ch" digraph represents a voiceless velar fricative, while the others are straightforward compositions of their component letters.
| Ch | Dz | Dž | Ie | Uo |
| ch | dz | dž | ie | uo |
Similar sounds
- Č — same sound as ch, as in chat
- Š — same sound as sh, as in shoot
- Ę — same sound as a, as in cat
- Y/Į — same sound as ee, as in tree
- Ū/Ų — same sound as oo, as in boo
- J — same sound as y, as in yet
- Ž — same sound as s, as in pleasure
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Famous quotes containing the word alphabet:
“I believe the alphabet is no longer considered an essential piece of equipment for traveling through life. In my day it was the keystone to knowledge. You learned the alphabet as you learned to count to ten, as you learned “Now I lay me” and the Lord’s Prayer and your father’s and mother’s name and address and telephone number, all in case you were lost.”
—Eudora Welty (b. 1909)