OK, I’ve got to take a start in Slovak, there is no point in holding it back (there is the whole Telugu-plus-Faroese-plus-other-languages-at-the-same-time thing, but, anyway…)
Starting with the alphabet & pronunciation:
| grapheme | IPA |
|---|---|
| a | a |
| á | aː |
| ä | ɛ, æ |
| b | b |
| c | t͡s |
| č | t͡ʃ |
| d | d |
| ď | ɟ |
| dz | d͡z |
| dž | d͡ʒ |
| e | e |
| é | eː |
| f | f |
| g | ɡ |
| h | ɦ |
| ch | x |
| i | ɪ |
| í | iː |
| j | j |
| k | k |
| l | l, l̩ |
| ĺ | l̩ː |
| ľ | ʎ |
| m | m |
| n | n |
| ň | ɲ |
| o | ɔ |
| ó | ɔː |
| ô | u̯ɔ |
| p | p |
| q | kv |
| r | r, r̩ |
| ŕ | r̩ː |
| s | s |
| š | ʃ, ʂ |
| t | t |
| ť | c, tʲ |
| u | u |
| ú | uː |
| v | v |
| w | v |
| x | ks |
| y | ɪ |
| ý | iː |
| z | z |
| ž | ʒ, ʐ |
And words are stressed on the first syllable. 🙂
