Help:IPA/Czech
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 | This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Czech on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Czech in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between , / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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 Template:IPA 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 | stew (UK) |
| d | délka, odběr, modlitba | delta |
| f | foukat, flétna, kavka, lov | focus |
| ɡ | gram, gril, kdo | gag |
| ɦ | hořet, hbitost | ahead |
| j | jenom | yellow, boy |
| ɟ | ďas, děda, dík, | dew (UK) |
| 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 |
| p | pyl, pes, lebka, šváb | spill |
| r | robot | robot (trilled) |
| r̩ | vrba, vichr | lover (US, trilled) |
| r̝ | řeka, řvát | No English equivalent; simultaneous and |
| r̝̊ | chřest, keř | No English equivalent; simultaneous and |
| 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 | village |
| x | chomout, prach, nehty,
práh |
loch |
| z | zima, uzda, sdružení | zoo |
| ʒ | žár, každý | sabotage |
| Marginal consonants | ||
| dz | kamikadze, leckdo | heads |
| dʒ | džbán, léčba | jab |
| ŋ | Hanka | sing |
| Vowels | ||
|---|---|---|
| IPA | Examples | Nearest English equivalent |
| a | matka | apple (UK) |
| aː | máma | father |
| ɛ | let, světlo | let |
| ɛː | létat | fairy |
| ɪ | klid, byl | kid |
| iː | klít, být | clean |
| o | pod | story (short) |
| oː | móda | story (long) |
| u | kup | loop |
| uː | úroda, kůlna | fool |
| Diphthongs | ||
|---|---|---|
| IPA | Examples | Nearest English equivalent |
| au | auto | tower |
| ɛu | euro | roughly like go (some dialects); in other dialects, somewhat like eh-oo elided into a single syllable |
| ou | louka | goal |
| IPA | Other |
|---|---|
| ˈ | Primary stress. Stress falls on the first syllable of a word. |
| . | Syllable break, e.g. nauka is three syllables, not two. |
See also
- Category:Pages with Czech IPA (1,673)
Notes
- ^ These dialects include Southern England (including Received Pronunciation), English Midlands, Australian, New Zealand, the Southern American, Midland American, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Western Pennsylvania and younger Californian English. Other dialects of English, such as most other forms of American English, Northern England English, Welsh English, Scottish English and Irish English, have no close equiavalent vowel.
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