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TABLE 59.14: Slovak Alphabet

Letter

Phonetic Value

Name''

A

a

[a]

[ai]

A

a

[a:]

[dlhe: a:] 'long a'

A

a

[^], [e]

[a z dvoma botkami] 'a with two dots'

B

b

[b]

[be:]

C

c

[Fs]

[tsei]

C

c

[tJ]

[tjei]

D

d

[d]; as palatal [j]

[de:]

D

d'

W

[je:], [mseke: de:] 'softc?'

Dz

dz

[dz]

[d^ze:]

Dz

dz

[d^]

[d^3e:]

E

e

[e]

■• [e:]

E

e

[e:]

[dlhe: e:] 'long e'

F

f

m

[ef]

G

g

[g]

[gei]

H

h

[fi]

[fia:]

Ch

ch

[X]

[xa:]

1

I

i

[i]

[i:]

"^ >

i

1

[i:]

[dlhe: i:] 'long /'

c2 H 1

J

J

U]

Ue:]

^ > ? 2^

K

k

M

[ka:]

fi i

L

1

[l];as

palatal [X]

[el]

^°S "

L

I

[1:]

[dlhe: el] 'long /'

L,L'

r

[^]

[eA], [maeke: el] 'soft /'

M

m

[m]

[em]

M *-

N

n

[n];af

; palatal Qi]

[en]

niel
igh

N

n

^\

[eji]

1 Q^?

[0]^

[0:]

1 t '1

6

6

[0:]

[dlhe: 0:] 'long 0'

2 ^

6

6

[yo]

[0 z voka:jiom] '0 with vokdh'

p

P

[p]

[pe:]

(Q

q

[kv])

[kve:]

C/3

R

r

[r]

[er]

C/5 ^

R

f

[n]

[dlfie: er] 'long r'

S

s

s
s

[s]
[J]

[es]
[eJ]

2 >"

T

t

[t]; as

palatal [c]

[te:]

^

t

t'

[c]

[ce:], [maeke: te:] 'softr'

U

u

[u]

[u:]

5^

u

u

[u:]

[dlfie: u:] 'long w'

V

V

[V]

[ve:]

(W

w

[V])

[dvojite: ve:] 'double v'

(X

X

[ks])

[iks]

Y

y

[i]

[ipsilon]

Y

y

m

[dlfie: ipsilon] 'long y

Z

z

[z]

[zet], [ze:]

Z

z

[5]

[3et]

a. Short vowels may be distinctively named as [kraitke a:] 'short a\ etc. For the consonants, combinations of
the consonant sound plus [o] are more frequently used than the letter names, e.g. in oral spelling.

b. The digraph ou [ou] is not considered a single letter of the alphabet.