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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Polish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

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

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Consonants[1]
IPAPolishExampleEnglish approximation
b b bardzo bike
ɕ ś, s(i)[2] Jaś she
d d dawno door
d͡z[3] dz dzban beds
d͡ʑ[3] dź, dz(i)[2] dziadek jeep[4]
d͡ʐ[3] akarta jug[4]
f f foka feist
ɡ g grać girl
ɡʲ g(i)[2] Giewont argue
ɣ ch, h klechda Spanish amigo
j j, i[2] jak yes
[5] ń Gdańsk point
k k krowa scam
k(i)[2] kierowca skew
l l lampa lion
m m[6] morze mile
n n[6] nad Nile
ɲ ń, n(i)[6][2] nie canyon
ŋ[7] n[6] mango doing
p p policja spike
r r różowy American English atom
s s smak sign
ʂ sz szybko shore[4]
t t tak stow
t͡ɕ[3] ć, c(i)[2] cierpki cheer[4]
t͡s[3] c całkiem cats
t͡ʂ[3] cz czy child[4]
v w wartość vile
w ł ładny way
x ch, h chleb Scottish loch
ch(i), h(i)[2] historia huge
z z zebra raisin
ʑ ź, z(i)[2] ziarno vision, azure[4]
ʐ ż, rz rzadko
Vowels
IPAPolishExampleEnglish approximation
a a tam father
ɛ e krem bet
ɛ̃ ę[6] kęs French vin
i i[2] piwo eat
ɨ y my mill
ɔ o rok off
ɔ̃ ą[6] wąż croissant
u u, ó duży pool
Other symbols used for Polish
IPAExplanation
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.
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