The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Silesian pronunciations in Wiktionary entries.
| Consonants
|
| IPA |
Silesian |
Example |
English approximation
|
| b
|
b
|
bardzo
|
bike
|
| ɕ
|
ś, s(i)
|
pōnoś
|
she
|
| d
|
d
|
dŏwno
|
door
|
| d͡z
|
dz
|
powiedz
|
beds
|
| d͡ʑ
|
dź, dz(i)
|
dziadek
|
jeep
|
| d͡ʐ
|
dż
|
dżajnizm
|
jug
|
| f
|
f
|
faber
|
feist
|
| ɡ
|
g
|
grać
|
girl
|
| j
|
j, i
|
jak
|
yes
|
| k
|
k
|
krowa
|
scam
|
| l
|
l
|
lampa
|
lilt
|
| m
|
m
|
morze
|
mile
|
| n
|
n
|
nad
|
Nile
|
| ɲ
|
ń, n(i)
|
niy
|
canyon
|
| p
|
p
|
policyjŏ
|
spike
|
| r
|
r
|
rōżowy
|
(General American), with flapping: atom
|
| s
|
s
|
smak
|
sign
|
| ʂ
|
sz
|
szyb
|
shore
|
| t
|
t
|
tak
|
stow
|
| t͡ɕ
|
ć, ci
|
ciyrpki
|
cheer
|
| t͡s
|
c
|
całować
|
cats
|
| t͡ʂ
|
cz
|
czy
|
child
|
| v
|
w
|
wartość
|
vile
|
| w
|
ł
|
łabus
|
way
|
| x
|
ch, h
|
chlyb
|
hello
|
| z
|
z
|
zebrać
|
zebra
|
| ʑ
|
ź, z(i)
|
ziŏrko
|
vision, azure
|
| ʐ
|
ż, rz
|
rzec
|
|
| Vowels
|
| IPA |
Silesian |
Example |
English approximation
|
| ã
|
a
|
trochã
|
stand
|
| a
|
a
|
tam
|
father
|
| ɛ
|
e
|
krem
|
bet
|
| i
|
i
|
piwo
|
eat
|
| ɨ
|
y
|
my
|
mill
|
| ɔ
|
o
|
rok
|
off
|
| o
|
ō
|
pōmōc
|
so
|
| ɔ̃
|
õ
|
Usually written -ōm-
|
tome
|
ɔu (Opolskie)
ɔ (other dialects)
|
ǒ
|
terǒz
|
so
|
| wɔ
|
ô
|
ôkno
|
whoa
|
| u
|
u
|
suć
|
boot
|
| Other symbols used for Silesian
|
| IPA |
Explanation
|
| ˈ
|
Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable), usually the penultimate syllable of a word.
|
| ˌ
|
Secondary stress (placed before the stressed syllable).
|
| .
|
Syllable break.
|
|
See also[edit]
Silesian language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 