I. PHONOLOGY
THE Bohemian alphabet has the following letters :—
a, as in Italian.
á, the same sound, but somewhat longer.
b, as in English.
c, as ts ; noc, pronounced nots.
č, as ch in church.
d, as in English.
ď, as di in Fr. dieu.
e, like a (English), short.
ě, like ye in yet.
f, as in English. This is a letter which does not occur in
any original Slavonic word.
g, hard, but rarely used in Bohemian, its place as early as
the beginning of the thirteenth century having been
taken by h.
h, pronounced strongly, like ch in German, in Auslaut
especially.
ch, as in German machen.
i, as in Italian.
í, the same sound lengthened.
j, as English y, consonantal.
k, as in English.
l, as in English. Sometimes vocalic ; vide infra.
m, as in English.
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