Kashubian alphabet

The earlier version of Kashubian alphabet, which dates back to 1850
Kashubian keyboard layout

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

The Kashubian language also use some digraphs: ch, cz, dz, dż, rz and sz. The digraphs cz, dż, sz, ż are pronounced in a different manner from their Polish counterparts – they are palato-alveolar, not retroflex – but "rz" is pronounced exactly the same as in Polish.

Pronunciation

Upper case Lower case Name of letters Pronunciation
A a a [a]
Ą ą ą [õ], [ũ]
à ã ã [ã]

[ɛ̃] (Puck County, Wejherowo County)

B b bé [b]
C c cé [ts]
D d dé [d]
E e e [ɛ]
É é é [e]

[ɨj] in some dialects [i]/[ɨ] from Puck to Kartuzy [ɨ] at the end of a word

Ë ë szwa [ə]
F f éf [f]
G g gé [a]
H h ha [x]
I I i [i]
J j jot [j]
K k ka [k]
L l él [l]
Ł ł éł [w]
M m ém [m]
N n én [n]
Ń ń éń [ɲ]

[n]

O o o [ɔ]
Ò ò ò [wɛ]
Ó ó ó [o]

[u] (southern dialects)

Ô ô ô [ɞ]

[ɛ] (western dialects) [ɔ] (Wejherowo County) [o]/[u] (southern dialects)

P p pé [p]
R r ér [ɲ]
S s és [s]
T t té [t]
U u u [u]
Ù ù ù [wu]
W w wé [v]
Y y igrek [i]
Z z zet [z]
Ż ż żet [ʒ]

Consonants combination

Upper case Lower case Pronunciation
Ch ch [x]
Cz cz [tʃ]
Dz dz [dz]
Dż dż [dʒ]
Rz rz [ʐ]
Sz sz [ʃ]

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