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which they usually represent (and rough equivalents for them), other possible pronunciations, and letter frequencies. Diacritics are shown for the sake of clarity. For more information about the sounds, see
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When giving the spelling of words, certain letters may be said in more emphatic ways to distinguish them from other identically pronounced characters. For example,
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The names of the letters are not normally written out in the way shown above, except as part of certain lexicalized abbreviations, such as
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are not used in any native Polish words and are mostly found in foreign words (such as place names) and commercial names. In
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Some letters may be referred to in alternative ways, often consisting of just the sound of the letter. For example,
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A common test sentence containing all the Polish diacritic letters is the nonsensical
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the Polish alphabet for computers. All letters of the Polish alphabet are included in
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before a consonant; marks palatization of the preceding consonant before a vowel (see
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Digraphs are not given any special treatment in alphabetical ordering. For example,
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The following table lists the letters of the alphabet, their Polish names (see also
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The Polish alphabet. Grey indicates letters not used in native words (Q, V, and X).
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are treated as fully independent letters in alphabetical ordering. For example,
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was historically used in native words prior to the 1891 spelling reform by the
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of Unicode. The standard 8-bit character encoding for the Polish alphabet is
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For English speakers who end the word with a nasal vowel and not a consonant.
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Can also sometimes be an approximant, a fricative, and rarely – a trill. See
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and other rules about spelling and the corresponding pronunciations, see
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The spoken Polish names of the letters are given in the table under
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Modified variations of the Polish alphabet are used for writing
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can be used. The Polish alphabet is completely included in the
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between palatal or palatalized consonants, sometimes
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Now it is used in some loanwords, e.g., 3361:, interactive listen-along guide from Culture.pl 2762:The Polish letters which are not present in the 2641:uses the order of letters as in the table under 423:below), the Polish spelling alphabet name, the 268:There are 32 letters in the Polish alphabet: 9 3380: 3349:Polish Pronunciation Audio and Grammar Charts 2575:('z with an overdot') to distinguish it from 8: 3153: 2731:), and thus Unicode-based encodings such as 2671: 2665: 2624: 2618: 2612: 2606: 2596: 2590: 2580: 2570: 2564: 2554: 2544: 2527: 2521: 2508: 2472: 2466: 2460: 2454: 2448: 2442: 2436: 899:q (Also depends on where it is in the word) 379: 373: 367: 361: 355: 349: 343: 337: 331: 325: 319: 313: 307: 188: 174: 144: 138: 2629:('dashed ó', 'dashed o', 'o with a dash'). 3387: 3373: 3365: 3359:A Foreigner's Guide to the Polish Alphabet 3354:Online editor for typing Polish characters 1590:between palatal or palatalized consonants 1533:between palatal or palatalized consonants 858:between palatal or palatalized consonants 505:between palatal or palatalized consonants 106:Learn how and when to remove this message 2958: 2776: 434: 3226: 3198: 2648:Note that (unlike in languages such as 2018:Only in some traditional loanwords as 1679:Only in some traditional loanwords as 384:'priest' can be abbreviated as either 165:but includes certain letters (9) with 2420:⟩, though it is phonetically . 546:(Depends on where it is in the word) 420: 7: 2601:('normal u') to distinguish it from 1275:May be instead in eastern dialects 44:adding citations to reliable sources 3344:Polish Alphabet & Pronunciation 2549:('h alone') to distinguish it from 2520:may be called as it is pronounced: 1085:in a small number of dialects. 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It is based on the 124: 3565:Far Mazovian dialect 203:⟨ą, ę⟩ 157:, the basis for the 40:improve this article 3662:Podegrodzie dialect 2766:have the following 2433:Academy of Learning 2253:. 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