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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) should be applied to represent Czech language and Slovak language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
Stress is always on the first syllable.
English approximations are in some cases very approximate, and only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. See Czech phonology and Slovak language for a more thorough look at the sounds.
| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent |
| Consonants |
| b |
byl |
bill |
| c |
těšit, teď |
stew (UK), ty- |
| d |
délka |
delta |
| dz |
hádzať |
heads |
| dʒ |
džbán |
jab |
| f |
foukat, záchvěv |
focus |
| ɡ |
gag, kdo |
gag |
| ɦ |
hořet |
ahead |
| j |
jenom, spieva |
yellow |
| ɟ |
ďas |
dew (UK), dy- |
| k |
kolo, ping-pong |
scold |
| l |
lak |
lack |
| m |
mouka |
mocha |
| n |
nyní |
ninny |
| ɲ |
koně |
canyon |
| ŋ |
Hanka |
Hank |
| p |
pyl, nabob |
spill |
| r |
robot |
robot (trilled) |
| r̝ |
řeka |
simultaneous r and ž (Czech only) |
| r̝̊ |
chřest |
simultaneous r and š (Czech only) |
| s |
stůl |
stole |
| ʃ |
šelest |
shell |
| t |
ten, led |
stand |
| ts |
cena |
bats |
| tʃ |
čas |
chase |
| v |
vítr |
vittle |
| x |
chomout, práh |
Bach |
| ʎ |
veľký |
ly (Slovak only) |
| z |
zima |
zoo |
| ʒ |
žár |
fusion |
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| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent |
| Monophthongs |
| short |
|
| a |
matka |
mutt, mat |
| ɛ |
let |
let |
| ɪ |
klid |
kid |
| o |
pod |
pot |
| u |
kup |
coop |
| long |
|
| aː |
máma |
as above, but longer |
| ɛː |
létat |
| iː |
klít |
cleat |
| oː |
móda |
as above, but longer |
| uː |
úroda, kůlna |
| Diphthongs |
| ou |
louka |
local |
| ɛu |
pneumonie |
say oo |
| au |
auto |
out of |
| wo |
jahôd |
woe (Slovak only) |
| Syllabic consonants |
| l̩ |
Vltava |
little |
| l̩ː |
vĺča |
little left (long. Slovak only) |
| r̩ |
vrba |
US: verb (trilled) |
| r̩ː |
vŕba |
US: verb (trilled, long. Slovak only) |
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