Alphabet Letters in Czech Language

Alphabet in Czech Language

Learning the Czech alphabet is vital in mastering the Czech Language. Czech alphabet structure is used in a every day conversation. With out the Czech alphabet, it is difficult to say the Czech terms correctly even if you understand how to write those phrases in Czech. Learn More

Like in any language, the far better you articulate a letter in a word, the easier understood you’ll be in talking the Czech language. Following are website links which guides you to the Czech alphabet and how it is actually pronounced in English.

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• Czech Vowels
• Czech Consonants
• Czech Diphthongs

sh	is not digraph, but two separate consonats, not like the "sh" in "ship" but rather 's' followed by 'h' as in glass house.

Vowels in Czech Alphabet

a	like 'u' in "cup" [uh]
e	like 'e' in "red" [eh]
i	like 'i' in "bit" [ih]
o	like 'o' in "bore" [oh]
u	like 'u' in "put" [oo]
y	same as 'i' [ih]
á	like 'a' in "far" [aa]
é	like 'e' in "bled" [ehh]
í	like 'ee' in "spleen" [ee]
ó	like 'o' in "for" [ohh]
ú/ů	like 'oo' in "pool" [ooh]
ý	like 'ee' in "speed" [ee]like russian "ы" (and exactly the same pronounciation as í)
The Vowel Ěě	The Czech vowel "ě" is pronounced in one of three ways, depending on the preceding letter.
dě, tě, ně	pronounced as though they were written ďe, ťe, ňe — the preceding consonant is softened and the e is pronounced [eh]
mě	pronounced as though it was written mňe — a soft n, like the Spanish ñ, is inserted and the e is pronounced [eh]
in all other cases	ě is pronounced 'ye' as in "yet" but in a middle of a word 'ie' in "miedo"

Consonants in Czech Alphabet

b	like 'b' in "bed"
c	like 'ts' in "tsunami"
č	like 'ch' in "child"
d	like 'd' in "dog"
ď	like 'd' in "duty"
f	like 'f' in "for"
g	like 'g' in "go"
h	like 'h' in "help"
ch	like 'ch' in the Scottish word "Loch"
j	like 'y' in "yell"
k	like 'k' in "king"
l	like 'l' in "love"
m	like 'm' in "mother"
n	like 'n' in "nice"
ň	like 'ñ' in Spanish "señor"
p	like 'p' in "pig"
q	like 'q' in "quest" (very rare)
r	like Scottish 'r' (a.k.a. rolling 'r')
ř	like 'rzh'; is like the trilled 'r' and the 'su' in " pleasure " together, the tip of your tongue should vibrate loosely. Like "diversion". (This sound is very difficult for foreigners: even young Czechs and Slovaks have trouble pronouncing it.)
s	like 's' in "his"
š	like 'sh' in "cash"
t	like 't' in "top"
ť	like 'ti' in "Tatiana"
v	like 'v' in "victory"
w	like 'v' in "victor" (rarely used in Czech words, however used in German-originated proper nouns or words of Polish origin)
x	like 'cks' in "kicks"
z	like 'z' in "zebra"
ž	like 'j' in french "Jacques"

Semi Vowels/ Diphthongs in Czech Alphabet

Diphthongs are sounds that consist of two vowels within the same syllable (like in the English word "meow").
au	like 'ow' in "cow"
eu	like 'eu' in "Europa"
ou	like 'o' in "go"

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