The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Czech language and Slovak language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
Stress is always on the first syllable.
English approximations are in some cases very loose, and only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. See Czech phonology and Slovak language for a more thorough look at the sounds.
IPA
Consonants
Czech
Slovak
Examples
nearest English equivalent
b
b yl
b ill
c
t ěšit, teď , lať
st ew (UK), ty -
d
d élka
d elta
dz
hádz ať [ 1]
heads
dʒ
dž bán
j ab
f
f oukat, záchvěv
f ocus
ɡ
g ag, k do
g ag
ɦ
h ořet
ah ead
j
j enom
y ellow
ɟ
ď as
d ew (UK), dy -
k
k olo, ping-pong
sc old
l
l ak
l ack
l̩
Vl tava
little
l̩ː
vĺ ča
little l eft (long)
m
m ouka
m ocha
n
n yní
n inny
ɲ
kon ě, laň
cany on
ŋ
Han ka
Han k
p
p yl, nabob
sp ill
r
r obot
r obot (trilled)
r̩
vr ba
US: ver b (trilled)
r̩ː
vŕ ba
US: ver b (trilled, long)
r̝
ř eka
simultaneous [r ] and [ʒ ]
r̝̊
chř est
simultaneous [r ] and [ʃ ]
s
s tůl
s tole
ʃ
š elest
sh ell
t
t en, led
st and
ts
c ena
bats
tʃ
č as
ch ase
v
v ítr
v ittle
w
prav da , krv
crow d
x
ch omout, práh
Bach
ʎ
veľ ký
fail ure
z
z ima
z oo
ʒ
ž ár
fus ion
IPA
Monophthongs
Czech
Slovak
Examples
nearest English equivalent
a
ma tka
fa ther (shorter)
aː
má ma
fa ther
ɛ
le t , pä ť
le t
ɛː
lé tat
British square
ɪ
i
kli d , by l
ki d
iː
klí t , bý t
clea t
o
po d
po t
oː
mó da
British though t
u
ku p
foo l (shorter)
uː
ú roda , ků lna
foo l
IPA
Diphthongs
Czech
Slovak
Examples
nearest English equivalent
ou
lou ka
lo cal
ɛu
eu ro
say oo
au
au to
ou t
wo
jahô d
woe
ja
pia ty
you ng
jɛ
vie ra
ye s
ju
vyššiu
u se
IPA
Stress
ˈ
Stress falls on the first syllable of a word
Notes
^ /d͡z/ is a phoneme in Slovak, but only an allophone of /t͡s/ before voiced consonants in Czech.