Slovak alphabet
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The Slovak alphabet uses a modification of the Latin alphabet. The modifications include the four diacritics (ˇ, ´, ¨, ^) placed above certain letters. Therefore the Slovak alphabet has 46 graphemes.
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[edit] Vowels
| Letter | Letter name | IPA | English approximation |
|---|---|---|---|
| A a | á | /a/ | comma |
| Á á | dlhé á | /aː/ | spa |
| Ä ä | prehlasované á; á s dvoma bodkami; široké e |
/æ/ | bag |
| E e | é | /e/ | egg |
| É é | dlhé é | /eː/ | leg |
| I i | í | /i/ | feet |
| Í í | dlhé í | /iː/ | free |
| O o | o | /o/ | hot |
| Ó ó | ó | /oː/ | door |
| Ô ô | ô | /uo/ | u and o together |
| U u | ú | /u/ | push |
| Ú ú | dlhé ú | /uː/ | mood |
| Y y | ypsilon | /i/ | (same as i) |
| Ý ý | dlhé ypsilon | /iː/ | (same as í) |
[edit] Consonants
| Letter | Letter name | IPA | English approximation |
|---|---|---|---|
| B b | bé | /b/ | Boss |
| C c | cé | /t͡s/ | Hits |
| Č č | čé | /t͡ʃ/ | Cheetah |
| D d | dé | /d/ | Dark |
| Ď ď | ďé | /ɟ/ | Did you |
| DZ dz | dzé | /d͡z/ | Fads |
| DŽ dž | džé | /d͡ʒ/ | Jail |
| F f | ef | /f/ | Fit |
| G g | gé | /ɡ/ | Girl |
| H h | há | /ɦ/ | Hat |
| CH ch | chá | /x/ | Loch |
| J j | jé | /j/ | Yawn |
| K k | ká | /k/ | Crown |
| L l1 | el | /l/ | Lose |
| Ĺ ĺ1 | dlhé el | /lː/ | |
| Ľ ľ | mäkké el | /ʎ/ | |
| M m | em | /m/ | Met |
| N n | en | /n/ | Neck |
| Ň ň | eň | /ɲ/ | Minion |
| P p | pé | /p/ | Peck |
| Q q2 | kvé | /kv/ | |
| R r1 | er | /r/ | Rear |
| Ŕ ŕ1 | dlhé er | /rː/ | |
| S s | es | /s/ | Sick |
| Š š | eš | /ʃ/ | Shrimp |
| T t | té | /t/ | Time |
| Ť ť | mäkké té | /c/ | |
| V v | vé | /v/ | Voice |
| W w2 | dvojité vé | /v/ | (same as the letter v) |
| X x2 | iks | /ks/ | Kicks |
| Z z | zet | /z/ | Zoom |
| Ž ž | žet | /ʒ/ | Pleasure |
Notes
- The letters L, Ĺ, R and Ŕ are sometimes considered vowels as they indicate long consonants. They are similar to Sanskrit syllabic consonants.
- The letters Q, W and X are only used in loanwords.
[edit] Diphthongs
Diphthongs are ia, ie, iu, ô.
[edit] Computer encoding
The Slovak alphabet is available within the ISO/IEC 8859-2 “Latin-2” encoding, which generally supports Eastern European languages. All vowels, but none of the specific consonants (that is, no č, ď, ľ, ĺ, ň, ŕ, š, ť, ž) are available within the “Latin-1” encoding, which generally supports only Western European languages.
