Slovak

Note: in the representation of Slovak orthography shown below, c^ d^ l^ n^ s^ t^ z^ stand for c d l n s t z with a wedge accent.

SAMPA symbol  Orthography   Transcription    	Gloss

There are six vowels in Slovak. Five occur short and long. Vovel '{' is rarely used and is often pronaunced as 'E'.

a		papier		papI_^Er	paper
E		pero		pErO		pen
I		pivo		pIvO		beer
O		popol		pOpOl		ash
U		puto		pUtO		binding
{		mäso		m{sO		meet

a:		pás		pa:s		belt
E:		nové 		nOvE:		new
I:		pískat^		pI:skac		whistle
O:		pól		pO:l		pole
U:		púpava		pU:pava		dandelion

Diphthongs

I_^a		piatok		pI_^atOk	Friday
I_^E		spievat^	spI_^Evac	to sing
I_^U\		cudziu		tsUdzI_^U\	foreign (f.)
U_^O		kôn^		kU_^OJ		horse

Consonants

p		popol		pOpOl		ash
b		z^aba		Zaba		frog
t		vata		vata		cotton-wool
d		voda		vOda		water
c		platit^		placIc		to pay
J\		hád^a		h\a:J\a		small snake
k		páka		pa:ka		lever
g		agát		aga:t		acacia

ts		cena		tsEna		price
dz		hádzat^		h\a:dzac	to throw
tS		mac^ka		matSka		cat
dZ		dz^em		dZEm		jam

f		fajka		fajka		pipe
v		slovo		slOvO		word
w		vdova		wdOva		widow
U_^		pravda		praU_^da	truth
s		osem		osEm		eight
z		váza		va:za		vase
S		kos^el^a	koSELa		shirt
Z		vez^a		vEZa		tower
x		chata		xata		hut
h\		Praha		prah\a		Prague
G		vrch hory	vr=G h\OrI	mountain summit
j		dvaja		dvaja		two (m.)
I_^		kraj		kraI_^		region
r		para		para		vapour
r=		prst		pr=st		finger
r=:		vr'ba		vr=:ba		osier
l		skala		skala		rock
l=		vlk		vl=k		wolf
l=:		vl'c^a		vl=:tSa		little wolf
L		l^avy		LavI		left

m		mama		mama		mother
F		amfiteáter	aFfitEa:tEr	amphitheatre
n		rana,pánsky	rana, pa:nskI:	bat,male
N		cengat^		tsENgac		jingle
J		van^a		vaJa		tub

This page was created 2002 Sep 6 on the initiative of Jozef Ivanecky and Mira Nabelkova.