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

Consonants[1]
IPA Polish Example English approximation
b b bardzo (help·info) bike
ɕ ś, s(i)[2] Jaś (help·info) she
d d dawno (help·info) door
d͡z[3] dz dzban (help·info) beds
d͡ʑ[3] dź, dz(i)[2] dziadek (help·info) jeep[4]
d͡ʐ[3] akarta (help·info) jug[4]
f f foka (help·info) feist
ɡ g grać (help·info) girl
ɡʲ g(i)[2] Giewont (help·info) argue
ɣ ch, h niechby Spanish amigo
j j, i[2] jak (help·info) yes
[5] ń Gdańsk (help·info) point
k k krowa (help·info) scam
k(i)[2] kierowca (help·info) skew
l l lampa (help·info) lion
m m[6] morze (help·info) mile
n n[6] nad (help·info) Nile
ɲ ń, n(i)[6][2] nie (help·info) canyon
ŋ[7] n[6] mango (help·info) doing
p p policja (help·info) spike
r r różowy (help·info) American English atom
s s smak (help·info) sign
ʂ sz szybko (help·info) shore[4]
t t tak (help·info) stow
t͡ɕ[3] ć, c(i)[2] cierpki (help·info) cheer[4]
t͡s[3] c całkiem (help·info) cats
t͡ʂ[3] cz czy (help·info) child[4]
v w wartość (help·info) vile
w ł ładny (help·info) way
x ch, h chleb (help·info) Scottish loch
ch(i), h(i)[2] hiacynt (help·info) huge
z z zebra (help·info) raisin
ʑ ź, z(i)[2] ziarno (help·info) vision, azure[4]
ʐ ż, rz rzadko (help·info)
Vowels
IPA Polish Example English approximation
a a tam (help·info) father
ɛ e krem (help·info) bet
ɛ̃ ę[6] kęs (help·info) French vin
i i[2] piwo (help·info) eat
ɨ y my (help·info) mill
ɔ o rok (help·info) off
ɔ̃ ą[6] wąż (help·info) croissant
u u, ó duży (help·info) pool
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.

  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:Wy/syl/IPAblink, etc.) in clusters ending in any voiced obstruent except /v/ and /ʐ/ (when spelled with rz), which are then themselves devoiced.
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 The letter Template:Wy/syl/Angbr, when it is followed by a vowel, represents a pronunciation like a Template:Wy/syl/Angbr or a "soft" pronunciation of the preceding consonant (so Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Wy/syl/Language/name/data' not found. is pronounced as if it were spelt *pjes). It has the same effect as an acute accent on alveolar consonants (Template:Wy/syl/Angbr, Template:Wy/syl/Angbr, Template:Wy/syl/Angbr, Template:Wy/syl/Angbr, Template:Wy/syl/Angbr) so Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Wy/syl/Language/name/data' not found., Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Wy/syl/Language/name/data' not found. and Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Wy/syl/Language/name/data' not found. are pronounced as if they were spelt *śę, *ćos, *ńańa. A following Template:Wy/syl/Angbr also softens consonants when it is itself pronounced as a vowel: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Wy/syl/Language/name/data' not found., Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Wy/syl/Language/name/data' not found. and Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Wy/syl/Language/name/data' not found. are pronounced as if they were spelled *źima, *ći, *dźiśaj.
  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, Template:Wy/syl/Wikt-lang Template:Wy/syl/Audio-IPA "clean" versus Template:Wy/syl/Wikt-lang Template:Wy/syl/Audio-IPA "three hundred".
  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:Wy/syl/Angbr sound to them.
  5. Allophone of /ɲ/ before fricatives.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 The letters Template:Wy/syl/Angbr and Template:Wy/syl/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: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Wy/syl/Language/name/data' not found. [ˈkɔnt], Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Wy/syl/Language/name/data' not found. [ˈɡɛmba], Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Wy/syl/Language/name/data' not found. [ˈrɛŋka], Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Wy/syl/Language/name/data' not found. [piˈʂɔnt͡sɨ], Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Wy/syl/Language/name/data' not found. [pjɛˈɲɔnd͡zɛ], Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Wy/syl/Language/name/data' not found. [ˈpjɛɲt͡ɕ], Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Wy/syl/Language/name/data' not found. [ˈjɛnt͡ʂɨ] (as if spelled *kont, *gemba, *renka, *piszoncy, *pieńondze, *pieńć, *jenczy).
  7. Allophone of /n/ before a velar /ɡ, k, x/ in some cases.