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alphabets
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The Slovene alphabet
| A |
a |
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u |
sound in fun or |
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a |
sound in father |
| B |
b |
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b |
sound in bat |
| C |
c |
: |
ts |
sound in bits |
| Č |
č |
: |
ch |
sound in chat |
| D |
d |
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d |
sound in dog |
| E |
e |
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e |
sound in red or |
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e |
sound in prey or |
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ai |
sound in pair |
| F |
f |
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f |
sound in far |
| G |
g |
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g |
sound in gap |
| H |
h |
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h |
sound in hot |
| I |
i |
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i |
sound in fit or |
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ee |
sound in fee |
| J |
j |
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y |
sound in yes |
| K |
k |
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k |
sound in kit |
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| L |
l |
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l |
sound in lip or |
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w |
sound in wet (syllable end/pre-vowel) |
| M |
m |
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m |
sound in mat |
| N |
n |
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n |
sound in nut |
| O |
o |
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o |
sound in hot or |
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o |
sound in rode |
| P |
p |
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p |
sound in pin |
| R |
r |
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r |
sound in rat (always rolled) |
| S |
s |
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s |
sound in sun |
| Š |
š |
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sh |
sound in ship |
| T |
t |
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t |
sound in top |
| U |
u |
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oo |
sound in fool |
| V |
v |
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v |
sound in vat or |
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w |
sound in wet (syllable end/pre-vowel) |
| Z |
z |
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z |
sound in zip |
| Ž |
ž |
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zh |
sound like 's' in treasure |
| Qq, Ww, Xx, Yy |
in foreign words only |
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Phonetic variations
| lj |
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sounds like 'lli' in colliery |
| nj |
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sounds like 'n' in onion |
| šč |
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sounds like 'shch' in pushchair |
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The Slovene alphabet as defined on this web page
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UTF-8 |
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special characters: |
enter as ampersand, hash, 3-digit number, semi-colon:
| Capital C, caron |
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Č |
| Small c, caron |
= |
č |
| Capital S, caron |
= |
Š |
| Small s, caron |
= |
š |
| Capital Z, caron |
= |
Ž |
| Small z, caron |
= |
ž |
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