Czech Alphabet and Pronunciation
Czech is a West Slavic language of the Czech–Slovak group and is written using Latin script. It is the official language of the Czech Republic and has over 10 million speakers world wide. The Czech language is closely related to Slovak and is largely mutual understandable. The vocabulary has had significant influence from German and Latin.
| Czech Alphabet | Sound in English | Pronunciation Guide |
|---|---|---|
| A a | u | u like pun |
| Á á | a | a like author |
| B b | b | b like bandit |
| C c | ts | ts like pits |
| Č č | ch | ch like champ |
| D d | d | d like daughter |
| Ď ď | dy | dy like ‘du’ in duet |
| E e | e | e like fed |
| É é | ai | ai like hair |
| Ě ě | ye | ye like yesterday |
| F f | f | f like farmer |
| G g | g | g like gate |
| H h | h | h like hockey |
| CH ch | ch | ch like epoch |
| I i | i | i like wit |
| Í í | ee | ee like feed |
| J j | y | y like yesterday |
| K k | k | k like kid |
| L l | l | l like little |
| M m | m | m like mouse |
| N n | n | n like noodle |
| Ň ň | ny | ny like ‘n’ in under |
| O o | o | o like hobby |
| Ó ó | oo | oo like floor |
| P p | p | p like play |
| R r | r | r like random |
| Ř ř | rž | rž like ‘rg’ in urge |
| S s | s | s like super |
| Š š | sh | sh like show |
| T t | t | t like tale |
| Ť ť | ty | ty like ‘tu’ in tube |
| U u | u | u like bush |
| Ú ú | oo | oo like pool |
| Ů ů | oo | oo like pool |
| V v | v | v like vapor |
| Y y | i | i like sit |
| Ý ý | ee | ee like fee |
| Z z | z | z like in the word zoo |
| Ž ž | zh | zh like ‘s’ in pleasure |
| Qq, Ww, Xx | used in foreign words |