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alphabets
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The Polish alphabet
| A |
a |
: |
u |
sound in fun |
| Ą |
ą |
: |
on |
sound in long or |
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: |
om |
sound in tom before 'b' or 'p' |
| B |
b |
: |
b |
sound in bat |
| C |
c |
: |
ts |
sound in bits |
| Ć |
ć |
: |
ch |
sound in cheek |
| D |
d |
: |
d |
sound in dog |
| E |
e |
: |
e |
sound in red |
| Ę |
ę |
: |
en |
sound in sense or |
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: |
em |
sound in gem before 'b' or 'p' |
| F |
f |
: |
f |
sound in far |
| G |
g |
: |
g |
sound in gap |
| H |
h |
: |
ch |
sound in loch (aspirated) |
| I |
i |
: |
i |
sound in fit |
| J |
j |
: |
y |
sound in yes |
| K |
k |
: |
k |
sound in kit |
| L |
l |
: |
l |
sound in lip |
| Ł |
ł |
: |
w |
sound in wet (dark l) |
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| M |
m |
: |
m |
sound in mat |
| N |
n |
: |
n |
sound in nut |
| Ń |
ń |
: |
ny |
sound like 'n' in onion |
| O |
o |
: |
o |
sound in hot |
| Ó |
ó |
: |
u |
sound in push |
| P |
p |
: |
p |
sound in pin |
| R |
r |
: |
r |
sound in rat (rolled) |
| S |
s |
: |
s |
sound in sun |
| Ś |
ś |
: |
sh |
sound in sheep |
| T |
t |
: |
t |
sound in top |
| U |
u |
: |
u |
sound in push |
| W |
w |
: |
v |
sound in vat |
| Y |
y |
: |
y |
sound in rhythm |
| Z |
z |
: |
z |
sound in zip |
| Ź |
ź |
: |
zh |
sound like 'g' in Niger (soft) |
| Ż |
ż |
: |
zh |
sound like 's' in treasure (hard) |
| Qq, Vv, Xx |
in foreign words only |
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Phonetic variations
| ch |
: |
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sounds like 'ch' in loch |
| ci |
: |
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sounds like 'ch' in cheek |
| cz |
: |
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sounds like 'ch' in chalk |
| dz |
: |
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sounds like 'ds' in goods |
| dzi |
: |
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sounds like 'du' in duke |
| dź |
: |
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sounds like 'du' in duke |
| dż |
: |
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sounds like 'j' in job |
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| ni |
: |
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sounds like 'n' in onion |
| rz |
: |
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sounds like 's' in treasure |
| si |
: |
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sounds like 'sh' in sheep |
| sz |
: |
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sounds like 'sh' in shark |
| szcz |
: |
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sounds like 'shch' in pushchair |
| zi |
: |
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sounds like 'g' in Niger |
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The Polish alphabet as defined on this web page
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character set: |
UTF-8 |
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primary font face: |
unspecified (CSS defaults to arial) |
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special characters: |
enter as ampersand, hash, 3-digit number, semi-colon:
| Capital A, ogonek |
= |
Ą |
| Small a, ogonek |
= |
ą |
| Capital C, acute |
= |
Ć |
| Small c, acute |
= |
ć |
| Capital E, ogonek |
= |
Ę |
| Small e, ogonek |
= |
ę |
| Capital L, stroke |
= |
Ł |
| Small l, stroke |
= |
ł |
| Capital N, acute |
= |
Ń |
| Small n, acute |
= |
ń |
| Capital O, acute |
= |
Ó |
| Small o, acute |
= |
ó |
| Capital S, acute |
= |
Ś |
| Small s, acute |
= |
ś |
| Capital Z, acute |
= |
Ź |
| Small z, acute |
= |
ź |
| Capital Z, dot |
= |
Ż |
| Small z, dot |
= |
ż |
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