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'''Polish''' (''Polska'') is a [[Slavic]] language spoken by over 70 million people, mainly in [[Poland]] and by communities of Poles worldwide. It is a West Slavic language, most cloely related to [[Czech language|Czech]] and [[Slovak language|Slovak]].
'''Polish''' (''Polska'') is a [[Slavic]] language spoken by over 70 million people, mainly in [[Poland]] and by communities of Poles worldwide. It is a West Slavic language, most cloely related to [[Czech_language|Czech]] and [[Slovak_language|Slovak]].
Polish has several letters and diacritics not present in [[English]]. The tables below give an introductory guide to pronunciation and transcription:<ref>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~atpc/learn/tools/pl-alphabet.html</ref>
==Alphabet==
* Aa = English 'ah'
* Ąą = English 'on'
* Bb = English 'b'
* Cc = English 't'+'s'
* Ćć = English 'ch' soft
* Dd = English 'd'
* Ee = English 'e'
* Ęę = English 'en'
* Ff = English 'f'
* Gg = English 'g' hard
* Hh = English 'h'
* Ii = English 'i'
* Jj = English 'y'
* Kk = English 'k'
* Ll = English 'l'
* Łł = English 'w'
* Mm = English 'm'
* Nn = English 'n'
* Ńń = English 'n'
* Oo = English 'oh'
* Óó = English 'ou'
* Pp = English 'p'
* Rr = English 'r' rolled
* Ss = English 's'
* Śś = English 'sh' soft
* Tt = English 't'
* Uu = English 'oo'
* Ww = English 'v'
* Yy = English 'eh'
* Zz = English 'z'
* Źź = English 'zh' soft
* Żż = English 'zh' harder
==Consonant Sounds==
* l~ - same as w in woman
* Z~ - same as s in street
* ch - same as h in happy
* cz - same as ch in church
* dz - same as d followed by z
* dz~ - same as d followed by z~
* rz - same as s in treasure
* sz - same as sh in share
==Polish Diacritics==
How Polish diacritics (accented) letters are typical represented in type:
Use of the tilde " ~ " is the accepted practice for typing Polish diacritic letters when a suitable keyboard is not present.
Type | Accent | located | Pronounced "sound"
* A~ a~ | below | nasal,| pronounced "on" (or as "om" when following a B or P, Da~browski = Dombrowski)
* C~ c~ above| |pronounced roughly "ch"
* E~ e~ below| nasal,| generally pronounced "en" (or "em" when following a B or P, [De~bin~ski = Dembin~ski])
* L~ l~ angled | slash | pronounced much like English W
* N~ n~ above | |kind of like "ni" in "onion"
* O~ o~ above | |sounding much like "oo" in "book".
* S~ s~ above | |kind of like "sh" in "sheep"
* Z~ z~ above | |a soft, hissing "zh" sound
* Z* z* dot |above|a chunkier "zh" sound
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category: Slavic languages]]
[[Category: Slavic languages]]