Appendix:Polabian pronunciation

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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Polabian pronunciations in Wiktionary entries.

Consonants
IPA	Examples	Nearest English approximation
/b/	bornă	booty
/bʲ/	b́olĕ	beauty
/d/	detă	do
/dʲ/	ďolü	due (RP)
/d͡z/	ťėnąʒ	adze
/d͡zʲ/	våzvoʒ́ăt
/f/	fader	fool
/ɡ/	gorx	goon
/ɡʲ/	kriǵot	ambiguity
/h/	hake	have
/j/	jaimă	yes
/k/	korvo	coop
/l/	laună	lamp
/lʲ/	ľotü	million
/m/	motai	moot
/mʲ/	ḿoro	mute
/n/	nüc	no
/nʲ/	preńă	onion
/p/	pailă	pooh
/pʲ/	ṕås	pew
/r/	rekă	rude
/rʲ/	ŕotťă	read but tapped
/s/	sodlü	soup
/sʲ/	śonü
/ʃ/	šopo	shoot
/t/	tǫco	time
/tʲ/	ťostü	tune (RP)
/t͡s/	celă	cats
/t͡sʲ/	ćol
/v/	vicer	vote
/vʲ/	v́otĕr	view
/x/	xornă	No common English equivalent; Scots loch or Yinglish chutzpah
/xʲ/	x́örĕ
/z/	zobo	zoo
/zʲ/	źornü

Vowels
IPA	Examples	Nearest English approximation
/a/	danesnă	father
/ã/	semą
/ɒ/	jadån	thought
/ɐ/	glåvă	fun
/e/	lüťėt	bait
/ə/	dolĕk	comma
/ɛ/	nebü	bet
/i/	sist	beat
/ɔ/	jomo	bought
/ɔ̃/	sjǫtü
/œ/	smölă	close to hurt or French sœur
/u/	jungĕ	boot
/y/	våknü