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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 Template:IPA 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 být, bzukot
beat
c lať, těšit, ticho, loď, loďka stew (UK)
d délka, odběr, modlitba delta
f foukat, flétna, kavka, lov focus
ɡ gram, gril, kdo gag
ɦ hořet, hbitost ahead
j jenom yellow, boy
ɟ ďas, děda, dík, dew (UK)
k kolo, ping-pong, který scald
l lak lack
Vltava, kýbl little
m mouka mocha
sedm rhythm
n nyní ninny
ɲ laň, koně, nyní canyon
p pyl, pes, lebka, šváb spill
r robot robot (trilled)
vrba, vichr lover (US, trilled)
řeka, řvát No English equivalent; simultaneous [r] and [ʒ]
r̝̊ chřest, keř No English equivalent; simultaneous [] and [ʃ]
s stůl, krása, zkáza, kaz stole
ʃ šelest, štěstí, muž, vážka shell
t ten, matka, led, podkova stand
ts cena, pocta bats
čas, kočka, poněva chase
v vítr, vdova village
x chomout, prach, nehty,

práh

loch
z zima, uzda, sdružení zoo
ʒ žár, kaž sabotage
Marginal consonants
dz kamikadze, leckdo heads
bán, léčba jab
ŋ Hanka sing
Vowels
IPA Examples Nearest English equivalent
a matka apple (UK)
máma father
ɛ let, světlo let
ɛː létat fairy
ɪ klid, byl kid
klít, být clean
o pod story (short)
móda story (long)
u kup loop
úroda, kůlna fool
Diphthongs
IPA Examples Nearest English equivalent
au auto tower
ɛu euro roughly like go (some dialects[1]); in other dialects, somewhat like eh-oo elided into a single syllable
ou louka goal
IPA Other
ˈ Primary stress. Stress falls on the first syllable of a word.
. Syllable break, e.g. nauka [ˈna.uka] is three syllables, not two.

See also

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Notes

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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
  • 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
  1. ^ These dialects include Southern England (including Received Pronunciation), English Midlands, Australian, New Zealand, the Southern American, Midland American, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Western Pennsylvania and younger Californian English. Other dialects of English, such as most other forms of American English, Northern England English, Welsh English, Scottish English and Irish English, have no close equiavalent vowel.