| | Consonants | 
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 | IPA | Examples | Nearest English approximation | 
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 | /b/ | baba | booty |  | /bʲ/ | biś,bjachaŕ | beauty |  | /ɕ/ | śamny,wobraź,pišćaŕ | sheet |  | /d/ | dawaś | do |  | /dʲ/ | djaboł[1] | due (RP) |  | /d͡z/ | łdza | adze |  | /d͡ʑ/ | rozdźěliś | jeans |  | /d͡ʒ/[2] | łdža | June |  | /f/ | faraŕ,archiw | fool |  | /fʲ/ | figa,šefje | fuel |  | /ɡ/ | gano | goon |  | /ɡʲ/ | ginuś,gjarnc | ambiguity |  | /h/ | hela | have |  | /j/ | jajo,sajźaś,wjacor | you |  | /k/ | kazaś,rog | coop |  | /kʲ/ | kisały,kjarl | cute |  | /l/ | lampa | lamp |  | [lʲ][3] | lipa | million |  | /m/ | mama | moot |  | /mʲ/ | mica,mjasec | mute |  | /n/ | nan | no |  | /nʲ/ | niski,njamam,mań | onion |  | [ŋ][4] | kanka,bengel | long |  | [ŋʲ][5] | śańki | avuncular |  | /p/ | papa,zub | pooh |  | /pʲ/ | piś,pjas | pew |  | /r/ | rada | rudebut trilled; also[ʁ] as in Germanrot |  | /rʲ/ | rigotaś,rjeśaz,keŕ | readbut tapped; also[ʁ] as in Germanrot |  | /s/ | sam,raz | soup |  | /ʃ/[2] | šantk,kaž | shoot |  | /t/ | tam,kład | time |  | /tʲ/ | metjej[1] | tune (RP) |  | /t͡ɕ/ | sćěna,tśasaś,gózdź | cheese |  | /t͡s/ | cakaś | cats |  | /t͡ʃ/[2] | čaj,tšawa | choose |  | /v/[6] | volt,Vatikan | vote |  | /vʲ/[7] | wino,wjedro | view |  | /w/[8] | łapiś,kisałe,słowo,wariś,barwa,wałma,sławny | was |  | /x/[9] | chachaś | No common English equivalent; Scots lochor Yinglishchutzpah |  | /z/ | zabyś | zoo |  | /ʑ/ | źaseś | No common English equivalent; like thes ofmeasure but palatalized |  | /ʒ/[2] | žaba | measure | 
 |  | | Vowels | 
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 | IPA | Examples | Nearest English approximation | 
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 | /a/ | nan | father |  | [æ][10] | mech,knecht,zdechnuś | bat |  | [e][11] | dej,zemja,jeleń,wójna,měj | bait |  | [ə][12] | młoźinske,moderne,pónjeźele | comma |  | /ɛ/ | derje,góla,[13]sobota | bet |  | /i/ | lipa | beat |  | /ɪ/[14] | něga | bit (General American/RP) |  | /ɨ/ | góla[13],šyroki | bit (New Zealand English) |  | [o][15] | rowny,šołta | boat |  | /ɔ/ | togodla | bought |  | /u/ | ruka | boot |  | /ʊ/ | góla[13] | put, book | 
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