	Latviešu fonoloģija
	Latvian Phonology

{language} Latvian IPA Phonology Chart

This table contains the complete set of IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems.

a	Latvian orthographic symbol used for this sound
101	IPA number for this sound symbol; + for additional symbol to base symbol(s)
	Latvian does not have this phoneme.
	Articulation has no IPA symbol.
	Articulation is not possible.

CONSONANTS

PLACE ⇒		LABIAL				CORONAL						DORSAL
PLACE ⇒		BILABIAL		LABIO- DENTAL		DENTI- ALVEOLAR		ALVEOLAR		POST- ALVEOLAR		PALATAL		VELAR
MANNER ⇓		VL	VD	VL	VD	VL	VD	VL	VD	VL	VD	VL	VD	VL	VD
STOP		p	b			t	d					c	ɟ	k	ɡ
STOP		1	2			3	4					5	6	7	8
FRICATIVE				(f)	v	s	z			ʃ	ʒ			(x)
				1	2	3	4			5	6			7
		AFFRICATE						t͡s	d͡z			t͡ʃ	d͡ʒ
		AFFRICATE						1	2			3	4
NASAL			m				n						ɲ		[ŋ]
NASAL			1				2						3		*
APPROX- IMANT	CENTRAL												j
	CENTRAL												1
	LATERAL								l				ʎ
	LATERAL								1				2
TRILL									r
TRILL									1
PLACE ⇒		VL	VD	VL	VD	VL	VD	VL	VD	VL	VD	VL	VD	VL	VD
		BILABIAL		LABIO- DENTAL		DENTI- ALVEOLAR		ALVEOLAR		POST- ALVEOLAR		PALATAL		VELAR
		LABIAL				CORONAL						DORSAL

VOWELS

In the vowel table:

—: UNROUNDED vowels
O: ROUNDED vowels

	FRONT		CENTRAL		BACK
	—	O	—	O	—	O
CLOSE	i	y	ɨ	ʉ	ɯ	u
CLOSE	1	2	3	4	5	6
NEAR-CLOSE	ɪ	ʏ				ʊ
NEAR-CLOSE	1	2				3
CLOSE-MID	e	ø	ɘ	ɵ	ɤ	o
CLOSE-MID	1	2	3	4	5	6
MID		ø̞	ə			o̞
MID		1	2			3
OPEN-MID	ɛ	œ	ɜ	ɞ	ʌ	ɔ
OPEN-MID	1	2	3	4	5	6
NEAR-OPEN	æ		ɐ
NEAR-OPEN	1		2
OPEN	a	ɶ	ä		ɑ	ɒ
OPEN	1	2	3		4	5

	Latviešu alfabēts
	Latvian alphabet

This table lists the Latvian alphabet in canonical order.

a	ā	b	c	č	d	dz	dž	e	ē

f	g	ğ	h	i	ī	j	k	ķ	l

ļ	m	n	ņ	o	p	r	s	š	t

u	ū	v	z	ž