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THE Bohemian alphabet has the following letters :—

a, as in Italian.

á, the same sound, but somewhat longer.

b, as in English.

c, as ts ; noc, pronounced nots.

č, as ch in church.

d, as in English.

ď, as di in Fr. dieu.

e, like a (English), short.

ě, like ye in yet.

f, as in English. This is a letter which does not occur in

any original Slavonic word.

g, hard, but rarely used in Bohemian, its place as early as

the beginning of the thirteenth century having been

taken by h.

h, pronounced strongly, like ch in German, in Auslaut

especially.

ch, as in German machen.

i, as in Italian.

í, the same sound lengthened.

j, as English y, consonantal.

k, as in English.

l, as in English. Sometimes vocalic ; vide infra. m, as in English.