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Slovak linguists do not usually use IPA for phonetic transcription of their own language or others, but have their own system based on the Slovak alphabet. Many English language textbooks make use of this alternative transcription system. In the following table, pronunciation of each grapheme is given in this system as well as in the IPA.
In IPA transcriptions of Slovak, [tʂ, dʐ, ʂ, ʐ] are often written with tʃ, dʒ, ʃ, ʒ , i.e. as if they were palato-alveolar. The palato-alveolar [tʃ, dʒ, ʃ, ʒ] exist in Slovak, but only as allophones of /tʂ, dʐ, ʂ, ʐ/, which are normally retroflex, as in Polish. The following digraphs are not considered to be a part of the Slovak ...
Syllabic form can be long or short. See Slovak phonology: Slovene [37] letalo [lɛˈt̪àːlɔ] 'airplane' See Slovene phonology: Spanish [38] hablar [äˈβ̞läɾ] 'to speak' See Spanish phonology: Welsh: diafol [djavɔl] 'devil' See Welsh phonology: Ukrainian [39] обличчя / oblychchya [oˈblɪt͡ʃːɐ] 'face' Contrasts with ...
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Slovak on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Slovak in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
This occurred, for example, in English borrowings from Old French (e.g. push from pousser, cash from caisse); in Polish borrowings from medieval German (e.g. kosztować from kosten, żur from sūr (contemporary sauer)); and in representations of Mozarabic (an extinct medieval Romance language once spoken in southern Spain) in Arabic characters.
The voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant affricate or voiceless domed postalveolar sibilant affricate is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages.The sound is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet with t͡ʃ , t͜ʃ tʃ (formerly the ligature ʧ ), or, in broad transcription, c .
Contrasts with palatalized form. See Russian phonology: Scottish Gaelic [19] faisg [faʃkʲ] 'near, close' Loosely articulated, can resemble . See Scottish Gaelic phonology: Serbo-Croatian [20] фаза / faza [fǎːz̪ä] 'phase' See Serbo-Croatian phonology: Slovak: fúkať [ˈfu̞ːkäc] 'to blow' See Slovak phonology: Slovene: Standard ...
Its vowel height is close-mid, also known as high-mid, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between a close vowel (a high vowel) and a mid vowel.; Its vowel backness is back, which means the tongue is positioned back in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.