Polish

This version is for Unicode-compliant browsers that can handle the special letters used in Polish orthography. Others should use the ASCII version.

Vowels

The vowel system comprises 8 phonemes, as follows. Those symbolized with ~ are nasalized.

	SAMPA symbol	Orthography		Transcription	IPA
	i		PIT			pit		pit
	I		typ			tIp		tɨp or tɪp
	e		test			test		test
	a		pat			pat		pat
	o		pot			pot		pot
	u		puk			puk		puk
	e~		gęś			  ge~s'		gẽɕ or gej̃ɕ
	o~		wąs			 vo~s		võs or vow̃s

Consonants

The consonant system comprises 29 phonemes, as follows. The symbol ' indicates palatalization.

	p		pik			pik
	b		bit			bit	
	t		test			test
	d		dym			dIm	
	k		kit			kit
	g		gen			gen
	f		fan			fan
	v		wilk			vilk
	s		syk			sIk
	z		zbir			zbir
	S		szyk			SIk	
	Z		żyto			 ZIto
	s'		świt			 s'vit
	z'		źle			 z'le
	x		hymn			xImn
	ts		cyk			tsIk
	dz		dzwon			dzvon
	tS		czyn			tSIn
	dZ		dżem			 dZem
	ts'		ćma			 ts'ma
	dz'		dźwig			 dz'vik
	m		mysz			mIS		
	n		nasz			naS
	n'		koń			 kon'
	N		pęk			 peNk
	l		luk			luk
	r		ryk			rIk
	w		łyk			 wIk
	j		jak			jak

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Maintained by J.C. Wells. Unicode version created 1998 April 23, IPA added 1999 05 04