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The Polish alphabet


A a : u   sound in   fun
Ą ą : on   sound in   long   or
: 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
: 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)
 
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

Phonetic variations

ch :   sounds like  'ch'  in   loch
ci :   sounds like  'ch'  in   cheek
cz :   sounds like  'ch'  in   chalk
dz :   sounds like  'ds'  in   goods
dzi :   sounds like  'du'  in   duke
:   sounds like  'du'  in   duke
:   sounds like  'j'  in   job
 
ni :   sounds like  'n'  in   onion
rz :   sounds like  's'  in   treasure
si :   sounds like  'sh'  in   sheep
sz :   sounds like  'sh'  in   shark
szcz :   sounds like  'shch'  in   pushchair
zi :   sounds like  'g'  in   Niger

The Polish alphabet as defined on this web page

<META> character set: UTF-8
<FONT> primary font face: unspecified (CSS defaults to arial)
  special characters: enter as ampersand, hash, 3-digit number, semi-colon:
Capital A, ogonek = &#260;
Small a, ogonek = &#261;
Capital C, acute = &#262;
Small c, acute = &#263;
Capital E, ogonek = &#280;
Small e, ogonek = &#281;
Capital L, stroke = &#321;
Small l, stroke = &#322;
Capital N, acute = &#323;
Small n, acute = &#324;
Capital O, acute = &#211;
Small o, acute = &#243;
Capital S, acute = &#346;
Small s, acute = &#347;
Capital Z, acute = &#377;
Small z, acute = &#378;
Capital Z, dot = &#379;
Small z, dot = &#380;