拉脱维亚语正写法(Latvian orthography)是拉脱维亚语基于德语音位正写法的正写法系统;不过拉特加利亚方言(Latgalian)却是使用波兰语正写法的原则编写。当今的拉脱维亚语正写法是由里加拉脱维亚协会知识委员会于1908年所发展出的,并于同年在卡尔利斯·米伦巴赫斯与亚尼斯·恩泽林斯的领导下由正写法委员会批准。[1]拉脱维亚语正写法的基础是植基于拉丁文字,并于1920年至1922年在拉脱维亚共和国通过法律核准之下引入。在大多数情况下,拉脱维亚语正写法是语音结构性的正写法,也因此拉脱维亚语正写法是遵循语言的语音架构之下进行之。
到目前拉脱维亚语标准字母有由33个字母。
大写字形(亦称为大写或大写字母)
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A |
Ā |
B |
C |
Č |
D |
E |
Ē
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F |
G |
Ģ |
H |
I |
Ī |
J |
K
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Ķ |
L |
Ļ |
M |
N |
Ņ |
O |
P
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R |
S |
Š |
T |
U |
Ū |
V |
Z |
Ž
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小写字形(亦称为小写或小写字母)
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a |
ā |
b |
c |
č |
d |
e |
ē
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f |
g |
ģ |
h |
i |
ī |
j |
k |
ķ
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l |
ļ |
m |
n |
ņ |
o |
p |
r
|
s |
š |
t |
u |
ū |
v |
z |
ž
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字母名称读法
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a |
garais ā |
bē |
cē |
čē |
dē |
e |
garais ē
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ef |
gā |
ģē |
hā |
i |
garais ī |
jē |
kā
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ķē |
el |
eļ |
em |
en |
eņ |
o |
pē
|
er |
es |
eš |
tē |
u |
garais ū |
vē |
zē |
žē
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拉脱维亚语正写法亦使用二合字母Dz、Dž以及Ie。
元音
字形
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IPA
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英文近似语音及说明
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a
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[ɑ]
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like father, but shorter
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ā
|
[ɑː]
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car
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e
|
[e]
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elephant
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[æ]
|
map
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ē
|
[eː]
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similar to play
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[æː]
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like bad, but longer
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i
|
[i]
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Between it and eat
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ī
|
[iː]
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each
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o
|
[uɔ̯̯]
|
tour (some dialects)
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[o]
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not (some dialects)
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[oː]
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though; boat
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u
|
[u]
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between look and Luke
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ū
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[uː]
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you
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辅音
字形
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IPA
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英文近似语音及说明
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b
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[b]
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brother
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c
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[t̪͡s̪]
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like cats, with the tongue touching the teeth
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č
|
[t͡ʃ]
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chair
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d
|
[d̪]
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like door, with the tongue touching the teeth
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dz
|
[d̪͡z̪]
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like lids, with the tongue touching the teeth
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dž
|
[d͡ʒ]
|
jog
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f
|
[f]
|
finger
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g
|
[ɡ]
|
gap
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ģ
|
[ɟ]
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between duty (without yod-dropping) and argue
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h
|
[x]
|
loch (Scottish English)
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j
|
[j]
|
yawn
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k
|
[k]
|
cat
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ķ
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[c]
|
similar to skew
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l
|
[l]
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lamp
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ļ
|
[ʎ]
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similar to William
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m
|
[m]
|
male
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n
|
[n̪], [ŋ]
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like nail, with the tongue touching the teeth, or sing
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ņ
|
[ɲ]
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jalapeño
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p
|
[p]
|
peace
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r
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[r], [rʲ]
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rolled r, like Spanish perro or Scottish English curd
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s
|
[s̪]
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like sock, with the tongue touching the teeth
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š
|
[ʃ]
|
shadow
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t
|
[t̪]
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like table, with the tongue touching the teeth
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v
|
[v]
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vacuum
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z
|
[z̪]
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like zebra, with the tongue touching the teeth
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ž
|
[ʒ]
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vision
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报纸广告,约在19世纪末或20世纪初出版,显示出使用的字母形式为德文尖角体也是受德语影响很深的正写法
旧式的拉脱维亚语拼写法是植基于德语的拼写法,但是不能完全表示拉脱维亚语的音位。
- ā, ē, ī, ū - aa, ee, ii, uu
- ļ, ņ, ģ, ķ - lj, nj, gj, kj
- š - sh (同于 ss, sj, 等等)
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