Polish alphabet and pronunciation POLJSKA ABECEDA IN IZOVORJAVA There are 32 letters in the Polish alphabet: 9 vowels and 23 consonants
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a as the 'u' in 'cut' ą highly nasalised vowel a cross between the 'awn' in 'lawn' and the 'ong' in 'long' e 'e' in 'ten' ę also highly nasalised like the 'eng' in 'engage'(where the 'ng' is on sound not 'n' followed by 'g') pronouced as e when worldfinal i as in 'police' but shorter o as in 'not' ó the same as Polish u
u as in 'put' y as the in 'i' in 'bit' c as the 'ts' in 'its' ch as the 'ch' in Scottish loch cz as the 'ch' in 'church' ć similar to c but pronounced with the tongue a little further with the tongze a little back on the roof of the mouth pronounced as 'tsi' before vowels dz as the 'ds' in 'adds up' g as in 'get' h the same as ch j as the 'y' in 'yet' ł as the 'w' in 'wine' ń as the 'ni' in 'onion' written as 'ni' before vowels r always trilled
rz as the 's' in 'pleasure' s as in 'set' sz as the 'sh' sin 'show' Ĺ› simmilar to s but not as strident written as 'si' before vowels w 'v' in 'van' Ĺš the same as rz Ĺť the same as rz Szcz the most obtuse-looking consonant cluster pronounced as the 'shch' in 'fresh cheese'