Polish:Sounds and Writing

Język polski Polish
Family	Sub-family	Language of	Script
Indo-European	West Slavic	Poland, European Union Minority In: Czech Rep. , Slovakia Romania, Ukraine	Extended Latin

Letters and Sounds

The Polish alphabet consists of 32 letters. 8 of them are vowels and 24 are consonants.

Letter	Pronunciation	Comments
A a	/a/
Ą ą	/ɔ̃/
B b	/b/
C c	/t͡s/
Ć ć	/t͡ɕ/	"ć" often alternates with "ci" (which has the same sound) within a declination or conjugation paradigma.
D d	/d/
E e	/ɛ/
Ę ę	/ɛ̃/
F f	/f/
G g	/ɡ/
H h	/x/
I i	/i/
J j	/j/
K k	/k/
L l	/l/
Ł ł	/w/
M m	/m/
N n	/n/
Ń ń	/ɲ/
O o	/ɔ/
Ó ó	/u/	"ó" and "u" have the same sound value, although "ó" often alternates with "o" within a declination paradigma.
P p	/p/
R r	/r/
S s	/s/
Ś ś	/ɕ/	"ś" often alternates with "si" (which has the same sound) within a declination or conjugation paradigma.
T t	/t/
U u	/u/
W w	/v/
Y y	/ɨ/
Z z	/z/
Ź ź	/ʑ/	"ź" often alternates with "zi" (which has the same sound) within a declination or conjugation paradigma.
Ż ż	/ʐ/

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