Alphabet Table
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Lower case |
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Name | Usual phonetic value |
Other phonetic values |
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A | a | a | |||||
B | b | bej | |||||
C | c | cej | |||||
Č | Č | č | č | čej | |||
Ć | Ć | ć | ć | ćet | |||
D | d | dej | |||||
E | e | ej | |||||
Ě | Ě | ě | ě | jět/ět (Upper), ět (Lower) | |||
F | f | ef | |||||
G | g | gej | |||||
H | h | ha | Upper Lower or silent |
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I | i | i | |||||
J | j | jot/jót (Upper), jot (Lower) | |||||
K | k | ka | |||||
Ł | Ł | ł | ł | eł | |||
L | l | el | |||||
M | m | em | |||||
N | n | en | |||||
Ń | Ń | ń | ń | eń (Upper), ejn (Lower) | |||
O | o | o | |||||
Ó | Ó | ó | ó | ót | Upper Lower or |
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P | p | pej | |||||
R | r | er | |||||
Ř | Ř | ř | ř | eř | Upper Sorbian only | ||
Ŕ | Ŕ | ŕ | ŕ | ejŕ | Lower Sorbian only | ||
S | s | es | , | ||||
Š | Š | š | š | eš | |||
Ś | Ś | ś | ś | śej | Lower Sorbian only | ||
T | t | tej | |||||
U | u | u | |||||
W | w | wej | Upper Lower or silent |
Upper Sorbian | |||
Y | y | y | |||||
Z | z | zet | , | ||||
Ž | Ž | ž | ž | žet | |||
Ź | Ź | ź | ź | źej | Lower Sorbian only (except as part of digraph dź) |
An earlier version of the Lower Sorbian alphabet included the use of the letters b́, ṕ, ḿ, and ẃ to indicate palatalized labials. These have been replaced by bj, mj, pj and wj.
Sorbian orthography also includes two digraphs:
Upper case |
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Lower case |
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Name | Usual phonetic value |
Other phonetic values |
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Ch | ch | cha | Upper Lower |
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Dź | Dź | dź | dź | dźej/dźet |
The digraph ch follows h in alphabetical order.
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