The Kashubian alphabet (kaszëbsczi alfabét, kaszëbsczé abecadło) is the script of the Kashubian language, based on the Latin alphabet. The Kashubian alphabet consists of 34 letters:
A, Ą, Ã, B, C, D, E, É, Ë, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, Ł, M, N, Ń, O, Ò, Ó, Ô, P, R, S, T, U, Ù, W, Y, Z, Ż
Apart from that Kashubians also use some digraphs: ch, cz, dz, dż, rz and sz. It is worth mentioning that cz, dż, sz, ż are pronounced in a different manner from their Polish counterparts – they are postalveolar, not retroflex (so they are read softly as English sh and ch and not as hard as in Polish). Even so, the digraph "rz" is pronounced exactly the same as in Polish.
Contents |
| Upper case | Lower case | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| A | a | [a] |
| Ą | ą | [õ], [ũ] |
| Ã | ã | [ã]
[ɛ̃] (Puck County, Wejherowo County) |
| B | b | [b] |
| C | c | [ts] |
| D | d | [d] |
| E | e | [ɛ] |
| É | é | [e]
[ɨj] in some dialects [i]/[ɨ] from Puck to Kartuzy [ɨ] at the end of a word |
| Ë | ë | [ə] |
| F | f | [f] |
| G | g | [ɡ] |
| H | h | [x] |
| I | i | [i] |
| J | j | [j] |
| K | k | [k] |
| L | l | [l] |
| Ł | ł | [w] |
| M | m | [m] |
| N | n | [n] |
| Ń | ń | [ɲ]
[n] |
| O | o | [ɔ] |
| Ò | ò | [wɛ] |
| Ó | ó | [o]
[u] (southern dialects) |
| Ô | ô | [ɞ]
[ɛ] (western dialects) [ɔ] (Wejherowo County) [o]/[u] (southern dialects) |
| P | p | [p] |
| R | r | [r] |
| S | s | [s] |
| T | t | [t] |
| U | u | [u] |
| Ù | ù | [wu] |
| W | w | [v] |
| Y | y | [i] |
| Z | z | [z] |
| Ż | ż | [ʒ] |
| Upper case | Lower case | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| Ch | ch | [x] |
| Cz | cz | [tʃ] |
| Dz | dz | [dz] |
| Dż | dż | [dʒ] |
| Rz | rz | [ʐ] |
| Sz | sz | [ʃ] |