Aiuto:AFI/Polach

This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Polach on Wikipedia.

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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Polish language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-pl}}, {{IPAc-pl}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Polish phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Polish.

Consonants^[1]
IPA	Polish	Example	English approximation
b	b	bardzo	bike
ɕ	ś, s(i)^[2]	Jaś	she
d	d	dawno	door
d͡z^[3]	dz	dzban	beds
d͡ʑ^[3]	dź, dz(i)^[2]	dziadek	jeep^[4]
d͡ʐ^[3]	dż	Dżakarta	jug^[4]
f	f	foka	feist
ɡ	g	grać	girl
ɡʲ	g(i)^[2]	Giewont	argue
ɣ	ch, h	niechby	Spanish amigo
j	j, i^[2]	jak	yes
j̃^[5]	ń	Gdańsk	point
k	k	krowa	scam
kʲ	k(i)^[2]	kierowca	skew
l	l	lampa	lion
m	m^[6]	morze	mile
n	n^[6]	nad	Nile
ɲ	ń, n(i)^[6]^[2]	nie	canyon
ŋ^[7]	n^[6]	mango	doing
p	p	policja	spike
r	r	różowy	American English atom
s	s	smak	sign
ʂ	sz	szybko	shore^[4]
t	t	tak	stow
t͡ɕ^[3]	ć, c(i)^[2]	cierpki	cheer^[4]
t͡s^[3]	c	całkiem	cats
t͡ʂ^[3]	cz	czy	child^[4]
v	w	wartość	vile
w	ł	ładny	way
x	ch, h	chleb	Scottish loch
xʲ	ch(i), h(i)^[2]	hiacynt	huge
z	z	zebra	zebra
ʑ	ź, z(i)^[2]	ziarno	vision, azure^[4]
ʐ	ż, rz	rzadko	vision, azure^[4]

Vowels
IPA	Polish	Example	English approximation
a	a	tam	father
ɛ	e	krem	bet
ɛ̃	ę^[6]	kęs	French vin
i	i^[2]	piwo	eat
ɨ	y	my	mill
ɔ	o	rok	off
ɔ̃	ą^[6]	wąż	croissant
u	u, ó	duży	boot

Other symbols used for Polish
IPA	Explanation
ˈ	Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable), usually the penultimate syllable of a word.
ˌ	Secondary stress (placed before the stressed syllable).
.	Syllable break.

Explanatory notes

↑ All voiced obstruents /b, d, ɡ, v, z, ʐ, ʑ, d͡ʐ, d͡ʑ/ are devoiced to [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 (/x/ becoming Template:IPAblink, etc.) in clusters ending in any voiced obstruent except /v/ and /ʐ/ (when spelled with rz), which are then themselves devoiced.
↑ ^2,00 ^2,01 ^2,02 ^2,03 ^2,04 ^2,05 ^2,06 ^2,07 ^2,08 ^2,09 The letter Template:Angbr, when it is followed by a vowel, represents a pronunciation like a Template:Angbr or a "soft" pronunciation of the preceding consonant (so pies is pronounced as if it were spelt *pjes). It has the same effect as an acute accent on alveolar consonants (Template:Angbr, Template:Angbr, Template:Angbr, Template:Angbr, Template:Angbr) so się, cios and niania are pronounced as if they were spelt *śę, *ćos, *ńańa. A following Template:Angbr also softens consonants when it is itself pronounced as a vowel: zima, ci and dzisiaj are pronounced as if they were spelled *źima, *ći, *dźiśaj.
↑ ^3,0 ^3,1 ^3,2 ^3,3 ^3,4 ^3,5 Polish contrasts affricates /t͡s, d͡z, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ʂ, d͡ʐ/ with stop–fricative clusters: for example, czysta Template:Audio-IPA "clean" versus trzysta Template:Audio-IPA "three hundred".
↑ ^4,0 ^4,1 ^4,2 ^4,3 ^4,4 ^4,5 Polish makes a distinction between retroflex and alveolo-palatal consonants, both of which sound roughly like the English postalveolars /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 Template:Angbr sound to them.
↑ Allophone of /ɲ/ before fricatives.
↑ ^6,0 ^6,1 ^6,2 ^6,3 ^6,4 ^6,5 The letters Template:Angbr and Template:Angbr represent the nasal vowels /ɔ̃, ɛ̃/ except when they are followed by a stop or affricate, in which case they represent oral vowels /ɔ, ɛ/ followed by a nasal consonant homorganic with the following stop or affricate: kąt [ˈkɔnt], gęba [ˈɡɛmba], ręka [ˈrɛŋka], piszący [piˈʂɔnt͡sɨ], pieniądze [pjɛˈɲɔnd͡zɛ], pięć [ˈpjɛɲt͡ɕ], jęczy [ˈjɛnt͡ʂɨ] (as if spelled *kont, *gemba, *renka, *piszoncy, *pieńondze, *pieńć, *jenczy).
↑ Allophone of /n/ before a velar /ɡ, k, x/ in some cases.

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[1] All voiced obstruents /b, d, ɡ, v, z, ʐ, ʑ, d͡ʐ, d͡ʑ/ are devoiced to [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 (/x/ becoming Template:IPAblink, etc.) in clusters ending in any voiced obstruent except /v/ and /ʐ/ (when spelled with rz), which are then themselves devoiced.

[soften-2] 2,00 ^2,01 ^2,02 ^2,03 ^2,04 ^2,05 ^2,06 ^2,07 ^2,08 ^2,09 The letter Template:Angbr, when it is followed by a vowel, represents a pronunciation like a Template:Angbr or a "soft" pronunciation of the preceding consonant (so pies is pronounced as if it were spelt *pjes). It has the same effect as an acute accent on alveolar consonants (Template:Angbr, Template:Angbr, Template:Angbr, Template:Angbr, Template:Angbr) so się, cios and niania are pronounced as if they were spelt *śę, *ćos, *ńańa. A following Template:Angbr also softens consonants when it is itself pronounced as a vowel: zima, ci and dzisiaj are pronounced as if they were spelled *źima, *ći, *dźiśaj.

[affricate-3] 3,0 ^3,1 ^3,2 ^3,3 ^3,4 ^3,5 Polish contrasts affricates /t͡s, d͡z, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ʂ, d͡ʐ/ with stop–fricative clusters: for example, czysta Template:Audio-IPA "clean" versus trzysta Template:Audio-IPA "three hundred".

[postalveolar-4] 4,0 ^4,1 ^4,2 ^4,3 ^4,4 ^4,5 Polish makes a distinction between retroflex and alveolo-palatal consonants, both of which sound roughly like the English postalveolars /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 Template:Angbr sound to them.

[5] Allophone of /ɲ/ before fricatives.

[nasalvowel-6] 6,0 ^6,1 ^6,2 ^6,3 ^6,4 ^6,5 The letters Template:Angbr and Template:Angbr represent the nasal vowels /ɔ̃, ɛ̃/ except when they are followed by a stop or affricate, in which case they represent oral vowels /ɔ, ɛ/ followed by a nasal consonant homorganic with the following stop or affricate: kąt [ˈkɔnt], gęba [ˈɡɛmba], ręka [ˈrɛŋka], piszący [piˈʂɔnt͡sɨ], pieniądze [pjɛˈɲɔnd͡zɛ], pięć [ˈpjɛɲt͡ɕ], jęczy [ˈjɛnt͡ʂɨ] (as if spelled *kont, *gemba, *renka, *piszoncy, *pieńondze, *pieńć, *jenczy).

[7] Allophone of /n/ before a velar /ɡ, k, x/ in some cases.

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