Help:IPA/Czech
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Czech language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-cs}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
See Czech phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Czech.
| Consonants | ||
|---|---|---|
| IPA | Examples | Nearest English equivalent |
| b | být, bzukot |
beat |
| c | lať, těšit, ticho, loď, loďka | between skew and UK stew |
| d | délka, odběr, modlitba | delta |
| dz | kamikadze, leckdo | heads |
| dʒ | džbán, léčba | jab |
| f | foukat, flétna, kavka, lov | focus |
| ɡ | gram, gril, kdo | gag |
| ɦ | hořet, hbitost | ahead |
| j | jenom | yellow, boy |
| ɟ | ďas, děda, dík, | between ague and UK dew |
| k | kolo, ping-pong, který | scald |
| l | lak | lack |
| l̩ | Vltava, kýbl | little |
| m | mouka | mocha |
| m̩ | sedm | rhythm |
| n | nyní | ninny |
| ɲ | laň, koně, nyní | canyon |
| ŋ | Hanka | sing |
| p | pyl, pes, lebka, šváb | spill |
| r | robot | robot (trilled) |
| r̩ | vrba, vichr | lover (US, trilled) |
| r̝ | řeka, řvát | No English equivalent; simultaneous [r] and [ʒ] |
| r̝̊ | chřest, keř | No English equivalent; simultaneous [r̥] and [ʃ] |
| s | stůl, krása, zkáza, kaz | stole |
| ʃ | šelest, štěstí, muž, vážka | shell |
| t | ten, matka, led, podkova | stand |
| ts | cena, pocta | bats |
| tʃ | čas, kočka, poněvadž | chase |
| v | vítr, vdova | wave |
| x | chomout, prach, nehty,
práh |
loch |
| z | zima, uzda, sdružení | zoo |
| ʒ | žár, každý | sabotage |
| Vowels | ||
|---|---|---|
| IPA | Examples | Nearest English equivalent |
| a | matka | hatter (UK) |
| aː | máma | father |
| ɛ | let, světlo | let |
| ɛː | létat | square (UK) |
| ɪ | klid, byl | kid |
| iː | klít, být | clean |
| o | pod | pot (UK) |
| oː | móda | thought (UK) |
| u | kup | full, bull |
| uː | úroda, kůlna | fool |
| Diphthongs | ||
|---|---|---|
| IPA | Examples | Nearest English equivalent |
| au | auto | out |
| ɛu | euro | say oo |
| ou | louka | local (US) |
| IPA | Other |
|---|---|
| ˈ | Primary stress. Stress falls on the first syllable of a word. |
| . | Syllable break, e.g. nauka [ˈna.uka] is three syllables, not two. |
Bibliography
- Dankovičová, Jana (1999), "Czech", Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A guide to the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 70–74, ISBN 0-521-65236-7
- Šimáčková, Šárka; Podlipský, Václav Jonáš; Chládková, Kateřina (2012), "Czech spoken in Bohemia and Moravia" (PDF), Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 42 (2): 225–232, doi:10.1017/S0025100312000102