ipa/Polish

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Polish language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA}}, {{IPAc-pl}}, and Wiki: Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

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

Consonants
IPA Polish Example English approximation
b b bike
ɕ ś, s(i) she
d d door
d͡z dz beds
d͡ʑ dź, dz(i) jeep
d͡ʐ jug
f f feist
ɡ g girl
ɡʲ g(i) argue
ɣ ch, h niechby Spanish amigo
j j, i yes
ń point
k k scam
k(i) skew
l l lion
m m mile
n n Nile
ɲ ń, n(i) canyon
ŋ n doing
p p spike
r r American English atom
s s sign
ʂ sz shore
t t stow
t͡ɕ ć, c(i) cheer
t͡s c cats
t͡ʂ cz child
v w vile
w ł way
x ch, h Scottish loch
ch(i), h(i) huge
z z raisin
ʑ ź, z(i) vision, azure
ʐ ż, rz
Vowels
IPA Polish Example English approximation
a a father
ɛ e bet
ɛ̃ ę French vin
i i eat
ɨ y mill
ɔ o off
ɔ̃ ą croissant
u u, ó pool
Other symbols used for Polish
IPA Explanation
ˈ Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable), usually the penultimate syllable of a word.
ˌ Secondary stress (placed before the stressed syllable).
. Syllable break.

Explanatory notes

Further reading

  • Jassem, Wiktor (2003). "Polish" (PDF). Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 33 (1): 103–107. doi:10.1017/S0025100303001191.
  • Sadowska, Iwona (2012). Polish: A Comprehensive Grammar. Oxford; New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-47541-9.

See also

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