Alphabets
The Polish alphabet alfabet
Meet every letter of the Polish alphabet, hear how it sounds and see it in simple words.
About Polish
Polish is written in the Latin alphabet with diacritics. The ogonek (little tail) marks the nasal vowels ą and ę; the kreska (accent) gives the soft sounds ć ń ś ź and the vowel ó ("u"); the dot gives ż ("zh"); and ł is said like English "w".
- 32
- letters
- 9
- letters with diacritics
- 9
- vowels
- L → R
- writing direction
Vowels samogłoski
The vowels of Polish – each is written as a letter of its own. Tap a letter to hear it.
Consonants spółgłoski
The consonants of Polish. Tap a letter to hear it.
B to K
L to S
T to Ż
Letter pairs: sz is "sh" (szkoła), cz is "ch" (czas), rz is "zh" (rzeka), ch is "kh" (chleb), dz as in dzwon.
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