Help:IPA/Czech








The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Czech language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-cs}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.


See Czech phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Czech.











































































































































































Consonants
IPA Examples Nearest English equivalent

b

byl

bill

c
lať, těšit, ticho, teď

stew (UK)

d

délka, modlitba

delta

dz
podzim, noc byla[1]

heads



bán

jab

f

foukat, záchvěv, kavka

focus

ɡ

kdo, gril

gag

ɦ

hořet

ahead

j

jenom

yellow, boy

ɟ

ďas, děda, dík

dew (UK)

k

kolo, ping-pong

scald

l

lak

lack


Vltava

little

m

mouka

mocha


sedm

rhythm

n

nyní

ninny

ɲ
laň, koně, nyní

canyon

ŋ
Hanka

sing

p

pyl, nadrob, kobka

spill

r

robot

robot (trilled)


vrba

lover (US, trilled)



řeka
simultaneous [r] and [ʒ]

r̝̊
chřest
simultaneous [r̥] and [ʃ]

s

stůl, mráz

stole

ʃ

šelest

shell

t

ten, led

stand

ts

cena

bats



čas

chase

v

vítr

wave

x

chomout, práh

loch

z

zima

zoo

ʒ

žár

sabotage





























































Vowels
IPA Examples Nearest English equivalent

a
matka

hatter (UK)


máma

father

e
let

let


létat

square (UK)

i
klid, byl

kid


klít, být

clean

o
pod

pot (UK)


móda

thought (UK)

u
kup

full, bull



úroda, kůlna

fool
























Diphthongs
IPA Examples Nearest English equivalent

au

auto

out

eu

euro

say oo

ou
louka

local (US)










IPA
Stress

ˈ
Stress falls on the first syllable of a word.



Notes





  1. ^ [dz] occurs only in loanwords and as an allophone of /ts/ before voiced consonants. The word podzim is usually pronounced with [dz], but a careful speaker would pronounce the two letters separately.




Bibliography


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  • Dankovičová, Jana (1999), "Czech", Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A guide to the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 70–74, ISBN 0-521-65236-7.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  • Šimáčková, Šárka; Podlipský, Václav Jonáš; Chládková, Kateřina (2012), "Czech spoken in Bohemia and Moravia" (PDF), Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 42 (2): 225–232, doi:10.1017/S0025100312000102










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