Help:IPA/Polish

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! colspan=4| ConsonantsAll voiced obstruents {{nowrap|{{IPA|/b, d, ɡ, v, z, ʐ, ʑ, d͡ʐ, d͡ʑ/}}}} are devoiced to {{IPA|[p, t, k, f, s, ʂ, ɕ, t͡ʂ, t͡ɕ]}} respectively at the ends of words and in clusters ending in any unvoiced obstruents. Voiceless obstruents are voiced ({{IPA|/x/}} becoming {{IPAblink|ɣ}}, etc.) in clusters ending in any voiced obstruent except {{IPA|/v/}} and {{IPA|/ʐ/}} (when spelled with rz), which are then themselves devoiced.

| b

| {{audio|pl-bardzo.ogg|bardzo|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |bike

| ś, s(i)

| {{audio|pl-Jaś.ogg|Jaś|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |she

| d

| {{audio|pl-dawno.ogg|dawno|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |door

| f

| {{audio|pl-foka.ogg|foka|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |feist

| g

| {{audio|pl-grać.ogg|grać|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |girl

| g(i)

| {{audio|pl-Giewont.ogg|Giewont|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |argue

| ch, h

| {{audio|LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-klechda.wav|klechda|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Spanish amigo

| j, i

| {{audio|pl-jak.ogg|jak|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |yes

| ń

| {{audio|LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Gdańsk.wav|Gdańsk|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |point

| k

| {{audio|pl-krowa.ogg|krowa|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |scam

| k(i)

| {{audio|pl-kierowca.ogg|kierowca|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |skew

| l

| {{audio|pl-lampa.ogg|lampa|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |lion

| m

| {{audio|pl-morze.ogg|morze|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |mile

| n

| {{audio|pl-nad.ogg|nad|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Nile

| ń, n(i)

| {{audio|pl-nie.ogg|nie|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |canyon

| n

| {{audio|pl-mango.ogg|mango|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |doing

| p

| {{audio|pl-policja.ogg|policja|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |spike

| r

| {{audio|pl-różowy.ogg|różowy|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" | American English atom

| s

| {{audio|pl-smak.ogg|smak|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |sign

| sz

| {{audio|pl-szybko.ogg|szybko|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |shorePolish makes a distinction between retroflex and alveolo-palatal consonants, both of which sound roughly like the English postalveolars {{IPA|/ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/}}. The retroflex sounds are pronounced "hard", with the tip of the tongue approaching the alveolar ridge and the blade of the tongue somewhat lowered, and the alveolo-palatal sounds are "soft", realized with the middle of the tongue raised, adding a bit of an {{angbr|ee}} sound to them.

| t

| {{audio|pl-tak.ogg|tak|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |stow

| cz

| {{audio|pl-czy.ogg|czy|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |child

| w

| {{audio|pl-wartość.ogg|wartość|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |vile

| ł

| {{audio|pl-ładny.ogg|ładny|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |way

| ch, h

| {{audio|pl-chleb.ogg|chleb|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Scottish loch

| ch(i), h(i)

| {{audio|pl-historia.ogg|historia|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |huge

| z

| {{audio|pl-zebra.ogg|zebra|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" |raisin

| ź, z(i)

| {{audio|pl-ziarno.ogg|ziarno|help=no}}

|align=left rowspan=2|vision, azure

| ż, rz

| {{audio|pl-rzadko.ogg|rzadko|help=no}}

! colspan=4 | Vowels

| a

| {{audio|pl-tam.ogg|tam|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" | father

| e

| {{audio|pl-krem.ogg|krem|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" | bet

| ę

| {{audio|LL-Q809_(pol)-Olaf-kęs.wav|kęs|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" | French vin

| i

| {{audio|pl-piwo.ogg|piwo|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" | eat

| y

| {{audio|pl-my.ogg|my|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" | mill

| o

| {{audio|pl-rok.ogg|rok|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" | off

| ąThe letters {{angbr|ą}} and {{angbr|ę}} represent the nasal vowels {{IPA|/ɔ̃, ɛ̃/}} except when they are followed by a stop or affricate, in which case they represent oral vowels {{IPA|/ɔ, ɛ/}} followed by a nasal consonant homorganic with the following stop or affricate: {{Lang|pl|kąt}} {{IPA|[ˈkɔnt]}}, {{Lang|pl|gęba}} {{IPA|[ˈɡɛmba]}}, {{Lang|pl|ręka}} {{IPA|[ˈrɛŋka]}}, {{Lang|pl|piszący}} {{IPA|[piˈʂɔnt͡sɨ]}}, {{Lang|pl|pieniądze}} {{IPA|[pjɛˈɲɔnd͡zɛ]}}, {{Lang|pl|pięć}} {{IPA|[ˈpjɛɲt͡ɕ]}}, {{Lang|pl|jęczy}} {{IPA|[ˈjɛnt͡ʂɨ]}} (as if spelled *kont, *gemba, *renka, *piszoncy, *pieńondze, *pieńć, *jenczy).

| {{audio|pl-wąż.ogg|wąż|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" | croissant

| u, ó

| {{audio|pl-duży.ogg|duży|help=no}}

| style="text-align:left;" | pool

! colspan=3 | Other symbols used for Polish

| Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable), usually the penultimate syllable of a word.

| Secondary stress (placed before the stressed syllable).

| Syllable break.