Alphabet Table
| Upper case |
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Lower case |
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Name | Usual phonetic value |
Other phonetic values |
Comments |
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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 These have been replaced by bj, mj, pj and wj.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 |
HTML code |
Lower case |
HTML code |
Name | Usual phonetic value |
Other phonetic values |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ch | ch | cha | Upper Lower |
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| Dź | Dź | dź | dź | dźej/dźet |
The digraph ch follows h in alphabetical order.
Read more about this topic: Sorbian Alphabet
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