| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
|---|
| Consonants
|
|---|
| b
|
byl
|
bill
| | c
|
těšit, teď, lať
|
stew (UK), ty-
| | d
|
délka
|
delta
| | dz
|
hádzať
|
heads (Slovak only)
| | dʒ
|
džbán
|
jab
| | f
|
foukat, záchvěv
|
focus
| | ɡ
|
gag, kdo
|
gag
| | ɦ
|
hořet
|
ahead
| | j
|
jenom, spieva
|
yellow
| | ɟ
|
ďas
|
dew (UK), dy-
| | k
|
kolo, ping-pong
|
scold
| | l
|
lak
|
lack
| | m
|
mouka
|
mocha
| | n
|
nyní
|
ninny
| | ɲ
|
koně, laň
|
canyon
| | ŋ
|
Hanka
|
Hank
| | p
|
pyl, nabob
|
spill
| | r
|
robot
|
robot (trilled)
| | r̝
|
řeka
|
simultaneous [r] and [ʒ] (Czech only)
| | r̝̊
|
chřest
|
simultaneous [r] and [ʃ] (Czech only)
| | s
|
stůl
|
stole
| | ʃ
|
šelest
|
shell
| | t
|
ten, led
|
stand
| | ts
|
cena
|
bats
| | tʃ
|
čas
|
chase
| | v
|
vítr
|
vittle
| | x
|
chomout, práh
|
Bach
| | ʎ
|
veľký
|
ly (Slovak only)
| | z
|
zima
|
zoo
| | ʒ
|
žár
|
fusion
|
|
| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
|---|
| Monophthongs
|
|---|
| short
|
|
|---|
| a
|
matka
|
mutt, mat
| | ɛ
|
let
|
let
| | ɪ
|
klid
|
kid
| | o
|
pod
|
pot
| | u
|
kup
|
coop
| | long
|
|
|---|
| aː
|
máma
|
as above, but longer
| | ɛː
|
létat
| | iː
|
klít
|
cleat
| | oː
|
móda
|
as above, but longer
| | uː
|
úroda, kůlna
| | Diphthongs
|
|---|
| ou
|
louka
|
local
| | ɛu
|
pneumonie
|
say oo
| | au
|
auto
|
out
| | wo
|
jahôd
|
woe (Slovak only)
| | Syllabic consonants
|
|---|
| l̩
|
Vltava
|
little
| | l̩ː
|
vĺča
|
little left (long. Slovak only)
| | r̩
|
vrba
|
US: verb (trilled)
| | r̩ː
|
vŕba
|
US: verb (trilled, long. Slovak only)
| | Stress
|
|---|
| ˈ
|
Stress falls on the first syllable of a word
|
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