Appendix:Polabian pronunciation

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Polabian pronunciations in Wiktionary entries.

Consonants IPA Examples Nearest English approximation /b/ bornă booty /bʲ/ b́olĕ beauty /d/ detă do /dʲ/ ďolü due (RP) /d͡z/ ťėnąʒ adze /d͡zʲ/ våzvoʒ́ăt /f/ fader fool /ɡ/ gorx goon /ɡʲ/ kriǵot ambiguity /h/ hake have /j/ jaimă yes /k/ korvo coop /l/ laună lamp /lʲ/ ľotü million /m/ motai moot /mʲ/ ḿoro mute /n/ nüc no /nʲ/ preńă onion /p/ pailă pooh /pʲ/ ṕås pew /r/ rekă rude /rʲ/ ŕotťă read but tapped /s/ sodlü soup /sʲ/ śonü /ʃ/ šopo shoot /t/ tǫco time /tʲ/ ťostü tune (RP) /t͡s/ celă cats /t͡sʲ/ ćol /v/ vicer vote /vʲ/ v́otĕr view /x/ xornă No common English equivalent; Scots loch or Yinglish chutzpah /xʲ/ x́örĕ /z/ zobo zoo /zʲ/ źornü

Vowels IPA Examples Nearest English approximation /a/ danesnă father /ã/ semą /ɒ/ jadån thought /ɐ/ glåvă fun /e/ lüťėt bait /ə/ dolĕk comma /ɛ/ nebü bet /i/ sist beat /ɔ/ jomo bought /ɔ̃/ sjǫtü /œ/ smölă close to hurt or French sœur /u/ jungĕ boot /y/ våknü