Polish alphabet

The Polish alphabet is the alphabet used to write the Polish language. It is based on the Latin alphabet. 

The Polish alphabet has 32 letters. Twenty-three of them are from the ISO basic Latin alphabet, and the other 9 are letters with diacritics (Ą, Ć, Ę, Ł, Ń, Ó, Ś, Ź, Ż). To compare, the English alphabet does not have letters with diacritics.

Capital letters A  Ą  B  C  Ć  D  E  Ę  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  Ł M  N  Ń  O  Ó  P  R  S  Ś  T  U  W  Y  Z  Ź  ŻLowercase letters a  ą  b  c  ć  d  e  ę  f  g  h  i  j  k  l  ł m  n  ń  o  ó  p  r  s  ś  t  u  w  y  z  ź  ż

Letters
The Polish alphabet has 9 vowels and 23 consonants. It does not have Q, V, and X. Those letters are only found in loanwords (words borrowed from other languages).

The table below lists every letter in the Polish alphabet and the sound they make.

+ Letters of the Polish alphabetLetter  Sound (IPA)  Englishapproximation A  a   As a in large Ą  ą [̃]  As o in no B  b   As b in box C  c   As ts in rots Ć  ć   As ch in chew D  d   As d in dog E  e   As e in bed Ę  ę [̃]  As ow in how, but thetongue is more forward F  f   As f in find G  g   As g in goat H  h   As h in hot, but thetongue is more forward I  i   As ee in meet J  j   As y in you K  k   As c in cot L  l   As l in load Ł  ł   As w in wet M  m   As m in mop N  n   As n in not Ń  ń   As ny in canyon O  o   As o in stop Ó  ó   As u in rule P  p   As p in pink R  r   As r in road S  s   As s in sack Ś  ś   As sh in ship T  t   As t in tip|-
| U || u || align=center| || As u in rule|-
| W || w || align=center| || As v in drive|-
| Y || y || align=center| || As i in rid|-
| Z || z || align=center| || As z in zip|-
| Ź || ź || align=center| || As si in vision|-
| Ż || ż || align=center| || As si in vision'', but itsounds deeper

Digraphs
Digraphs are combinations of two letters that make one sound. Polish has a lot of digraphs, and they all represent different sounds. The table below lists all the Polish digraphs and what sound they make.

+ Polish digraphs Digraph  Sound (IPA)  Englishapproximation ch   As h in hot, but thetongue is more forward cz   As ch in chair, but itsounds deeper dz   As ds in kids dź   As j in jump dż   As j in jump, but itsounds deeper rz   As si in vision, but itsounds deeper sz   As sh in ship, but itsounds deeper

Category:Alphabets