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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Czech on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Czech in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
The grapheme Ř, ř (R with caron, example of Czech pronunciation: "řeka" ⓘ) is a letter used in the alphabets of the Czech and Upper Sorbian languages. It was also used in proposed orthographies for the Silesian language. It has been used in academic transcriptions for rhotic sounds.
The usage of the glottal stop as an onset in such syllables confirms this tendency in the pronunciation of Bohemian speakers. In Common Czech, the most widespread Czech interdialect, prothetic v– is added to all words beginning with o– in standard Czech, e.g. voko instead of oko (eye). The general structure of Czech syllables is:
The Czech Republic's official long and short names at the United Nations are Česká republika and Česko in Czech, and the Czech Republic and Czechia in English. [1] All these names derive from the name of the Czechs , the West Slavic ethnolinguistic group native to the Czech Republic.
So can those ending in -ch / -tch (e.g. "the French", "the Dutch") provided they are pronounced with a 'ch' sound (e.g. the adjective Czech does not qualify). Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms are also used for various other things, sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words.
Jan Soukup (born 1979), Czech karateka and kickboxer; Jan Staaf (born 1962), Swedish race walker; Jan Šťastný (c.1764–c.1830) was a Czech composer. Jan Šťastný (canoeist) (born 1970), Czech canoeist; Ján Šťastný (hockey player) (born 1982), Slovak hockey player; Jan Steen (c.1626–1679), Dutch artist
This page used to be a joint pronunciation guide for both Czech and Slovak. The two have now been separated and can be found here: Help:IPA/Czech; Help:IPA/Slovak