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

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

Consonants[1]
IPAPolishExampleEnglish approximation
bbbike
ɕś, s(i)[2]she
dddoor
d͡z[3]dzbeds
d͡ʑ[3]dź, dz(i)[2]jeep[4]
d͡ʐ[3]jug[4]
fffeist
ɡggirl
ɡʲg(i)[2]argue
ɣch, hniechbySpanish amigo
jj, i[2]yes
[5]ńpoint
kkscam
k(i)[2]skew
lllion
mm[6]mile
nn[6]Nile
ɲń, n(i)[6][2]canyon
ŋ[7]n[6]doing
ppspike
rrAmerican English atom
sssign
ʂszshore[4]
ttstow
t͡ɕ[3]ć, c(i)[2]cheer[4]
t͡s[3]ccats
t͡ʂ[3]czchild[4]
vwvile
włway
xch, hScottish loch
ch(i), h(i)[2]huge
zzraisin
ʑź, z(i)[2]vision, azure[4]
ʐż, rz
Vowels
IPAPolishExampleEnglish approximation
aafather
ɛebet
ɛ̃ę[6]French vin
ii[2]eat
ɨymill
ɔooff
ɔ̃ą[6]croissant
uu, ópool
Other symbols used for Polish
IPAExplanation
ˈPrimary stress (placed before the stressed syllable), usually the penultimate syllable of a word.
ˌSecondary 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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