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The Czech alphabet has many letters that might be a bit strange and even hard to say but don't worry, you can learn it! :)
| Letter | A a | Á á | B b | C c | Č č | D d | Ď ď | E e | É é | Ě ě | F f | G g | H h | CH ch | I i | Í í | J j | K k | L l | M m | N n | Ň ň | O o | Ó ó | P p | Q q | R r | Ř ř | S s | Š š | T t | Ť ť | U u | Ú ú | Ů ů | V v | W w | X x | Y y | Ý ý | Z z | Ž ž | |||
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| Name | á | dlouhé á | bé | cé | čé | dé | ďé | é | dlouhé é | "ije, | é s háčkem" | ef | gé | há | chá | "í, | měkké i" | "dlouhé í, | dlouhé měkké í" | jé | ká | el | em | en | eň | ó | dlouhé ó | pé | kvé | er | eř | es | eš | té | ťé | ú | dlouhé ú,
ú s čárkou |
ů s kroužkem | vé | dvojité vé | iks | "ypsilon,
krátké tvrdé í" |
"dlouhé ypsilon,
dlouhé tvrdé í" |
zet | žet |
| IPA | /a/ | /aː/ | /b/ | /ts/ | /tʃ/ | /d/ | /ɟ/ | /ɛː/ | /ɛ/, /jɛ/ | /f/ | /ɡ/ | /ɦ/ | /x/ | /ɪ/ | /iː/ | /k/ | /l/ | /m/ | /n/ | /ɲ/ | /o/ | /oː/ | /p/ | /r/ | /r̝/ | /s/ | /ʃ/ | /t/ | /c/ | /uː/ | /uː/ | /v/ | /ks/ | /ɪ/ | /iː/ | /z/ | /ʒ/ |
- a, á (longer pronounced a)
- b
- c, č (like in -ch-alk)
- d, ď (check pronunciation)
- e, ě (you pronounce it like -ya-y - pronouncing the a as e), é (longer e)
- f
- g (pronounced always as in -g-oose)
- h (pronounced as in haha)
- ch (check the google translate)
- i, í (longer i)
- j (always pronounced as in -y-ay)
- k, l, m
- n, ň (sound as in -n-ew)
- o, ó (longer o)
- p, q
- r, ř (check some videos with pronunciation, this should be the hardest letter to pronounce for you)
- s, š (as -sh-ade)
- t, ť (check google translate or videos)
- u (the last sound of kn-ew-), ú (longer u), ů (longer u)
- v, w, x
- y, ý (longer y)
- z, ž (check pronunciation)
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