Hi. I thought I'd start a thread to ask questions about Lithuanian that I have.
First question. I've been listening to the sound files of common Lithuanian phrases on the Omniglot page and I notice a difference in quality between the short i and the long i. When it's long, it's pronounced /iː/ – which is a close front vowel. But the short i, I notice, is pronounced more like /ɪ/, which would be a near-close near-front vowel.
Am I correct?