Kashubian alphabet

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

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The Kashubian or Cassubian 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 uses 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 the same as in Polish.

Pronunciation

Upper case	Lower case	Name of letters [1] Template:Webarchive	Pronunciation
A	a	a	main}}
Ą	ą	ą	{{#invoke:IPA|main}} {{#invoke:IPA|main}} in southern dialects<ref name=Treder2005></ref>
Ã	ã	ã	{{#invoke:IPA|main}} {{#invoke:IPA|main}} (Puck County, Wejherowo County)
B	b	bé	main}}
C	c	cé	main}}
D	d	dé	main}}
E	e	e	main}}
É	é	é	{{#invoke:IPA|main}}, {{#invoke:IPA|main}} at the end of a word {{#invoke:IPA|main}} in some dialects {{#invoke:IPA|main}} from Puck to Kartuzy
Ë	ë	szwa	main}}
F	f	éf	main}}
G	g	gé	main}}
H	h	ha	main}}
I	I	i	main}}
J	j	jot	main}}
K	k	ka	main}}
L	l	él	main}}
Ł	ł	éł	{{#invoke:IPA|main}} {{#invoke:IPA|main}} in some northern dialects<ref name=Treder2005></ref>
M	m	ém	main}}
N	n	én	main}}
Ń	ń	éń	{{#invoke:IPA|main}} {{#invoke:IPA|main}}<ref name=Treder2005>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> {{#invoke:IPA|main}}
O	o	o	main}}
Ò	ò	ò	{{#invoke:IPA|main}} {{#invoke:IPA|main}} in loanwords (among some speakers)<ref name=Treder2005></ref>
Ó	ó	ó	{{#invoke:IPA|main}} {{#invoke:IPA|main}} (southern dialects)
Ô	ô	ô	{{#invoke:IPA|main}} {{#invoke:IPA|main}} (western dialects) {{#invoke:IPA|main}} (Wejherowo County) {{#invoke:IPA|main}} (southern dialects)
P	p	pé	main}}
R	r	ér	main}}
S	s	és	main}}
T	t	té	main}}
U	u	u	main}}
Ù	ù	ù	main}}
W	w	wé	main}}
Y	y	igrek	{{#invoke:IPA|main}} {{#invoke:IPA|main}} in loanwords (among some speakers)
Z	z	zet	main}}
Ż	ż	żet	main}}

Consonants combination

Upper case	Lower case	Pronunciation
Ch	ch	main}}
Cz	cz	main}}
Dz	dz	main}}
Dż	dż	main}}
Rz	rz	{{#invoke:IPA|main}} {{#invoke:IPA|main}}<ref name=Treder2005></ref>
Sz	sz	main}}

Literature

• Eugeniusz Gòłąbk: Wkôzë kaszëbsczégò pisënkù. Oficyna Czec, Gduńsk 1997, p. 25 Template:ISBN.

See also

• Ł-l merger
• Polish language

External links

• Omniglot
• Kaszëbskô Mowa: Freeing the Kashubian Language