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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 |
dʒ | džbán | 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 |
l̩ | Vltava | little |
m | mouka | mocha |
m̩ | sedm | rhythm |
n | nyní | ninny |
ɲ | laň, koně, nyní | canyon |
ŋ | Hanka | sing |
p | pyl, nadrob, kobka | spill |
r | robot | robot (trilled) |
r̩ | vrba | lover (US, trilled) |
r̝ | 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 |
tʃ | 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) |
aː | máma | father |
e | let | let |
eː | létat | square (UK) |
i | klid, byl | kid |
iː | klít, být | clean |
o | pod | pot (UK) |
oː | móda | thought (UK) |
u | kup | full, bull |
uː | 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
^ [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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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
