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

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Slovak 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 Slovak phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Slovak.

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Consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
b b, vstup do[1] bill
c[2] radosť, loď[3] stew
d domov, prvýkrát bolo[1] door
f farba, vták[4] focus
ɡ garáž, kde[1] go
ɦ hlava ahead
j jogurt yellow
ɟ[2] ďaleko, byť zaradený[1] dew
k koláč, ping-pong[3] scan
l láska[5] pill
vlk little
l̩ː vĺča little left (long)
ʎ ľad[5] failure
m maslo, hanba[6] milk
n noc[6] now
ɲ laň canyon
p pavúk, dub[3] spill
r robot US atom
prst
r̩ː vŕba Spanish perro
s slnko, mráz[3] six
ʂ šach, ž[3] shell
t tulipán, hlad[3] stand
ts cena, jedz[3] bats
človek, [3] chase
ʋ sever[4] between vine and wine
x chlieb, sneh Scottish loch
z zima, ananás bol[1] zoo
ʐ žena, Aleš bol[1] fusion
Marginal consonants
dz dz, noc bez[1] heads
bán, cárovič bol[1] job
ɣ vrh guľou[1] Spanish amigo
ɱ informácia[6] comfort
ŋ banka[6] sing
v vzrast,[4] Adolf bol[1] vine
w pravda, krv,[4] Tatrou wine
Vowels[7]
IPA Examples English approximation
Monophthongs
a matka art
ráno father
ɛɐ mäso[8] American than; German Herz
e drevo traditional RP left
i tri, syr kit
písať, výr leave
ɔ dom off
u ruža bull
úroda fool
Marginal monophthongs
fén Indian maid
ɔː móda RP law
Diphthongs
ɪɐ piaty yap; German Wirt
ɪe viera yes
ʊɔ stôl warrior
Marginal diphthongs
ɪu vyššiu use
 
Suprasegmentals
IPAExamplesExplanation
ˈ Revúca [ˈreʋuːtsa] primary stress (always falling on the first syllable of a word)
. Mária [ˈmaːri.a] [9] syllabification
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