Slovak alphabet

Letter	English sound	Pronunciation
A a	a	as in apple
Á á	aː	as in father
Ä ä	æ, ɛ	as in aerial
B b	b	as in brother
C c	t͡s	as in cats
Č č	t͡ʃ	as in match
D d	d	as in do
Ď ď	ɟ, dʲ	as in dew
Dz dz	d͡z	as in beds
Dž dž	d͡ʒ	as in John
E e	e	as in enter
É é	eː	as in their
F f	f	as in foot
G g	ɡ	as in go
H h	ɦ	as in house
Ch ch	x	as in the German Bach
I i	ɪ	as in sit
Í í	iː	as in sea,
J j	j	as in you
K k	k	as in king
L l	l, l̩	as in love
Ĺ ĺ	l̩ː	as in Luvre
Ľ ľ	ʎ, lʲ	as in million
M m	m	as in mother
N n	n	as in net
Ň ň	ɲ, nʲ	as in news
O o	ɔ	as in orbit
Ó ó	ɔː	as in door
Ô ô	u̯o	as in won’t
P p	p	as in power
Q q	kv	as in kvet
R r	r, r̩	as in rain
Ŕ ŕ	r̩ː	as in Roma
S s	s	as in star
Š š	ʃ	as in shower
T t	t	as in take
Ť ť	c, tʲ	as in tube
U u	u	as in tuna
Ú ú	uː	as in fool
V v	v	as in vision
W w	v	as in water
X x	ks	as in taxi
Y y	ɪ	as in city
Ý ý	iː	as in feel
Z z	z	as in zebra
Ž ž	ʒ	as in pleasure

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