Pronunciation Fonts

Polish pronunciation hints rendered directly in the font — type Polish text and see Cyrillic or IPA phonetics above each digraph.

Type to test

Try: szczegol, przyczyna, dziecko, czlowiek, szynka, zrodlo, ciasto

Sample text

Przeczytaj szczegolnie o dzieciach z Lodzi. Czlowiek szedl przez rzeke, szukajac zrodla. Ciasto z orzechami i szynka na kolacje.

Ligature reference

Input	Rendered	Pronunciation
szcz	szcz	щ (shch, as in "fresh cheese")
sz	sz	ш (sh, as in "shop")
cz	cz	ч (ch, as in "church")
ch	ch	х (kh, as in "Bach")
rz	rz	ж (zh, as in "vision")
dz	dz	дз (dz, as in "adze")
ci	ci	чь (soft ch, as in "cheer")
si	si	шь (soft sh)
zi	zi	жь (soft zh)
ia	ia	я (ya)
ie	ie	е (ye)
io	io	йо (yo)
iu	iu	ю (yu)
ó	ó	у (u)
ł	ł	в (v/w)

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