Help:IPA/Polish

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

It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Polish 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.

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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^ⓘ	raisin
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.