Croatian phrasebook - Pronunciation

Vowels | Consonants

Croatian traditionally uses the Latin alphabet; be aware that most Croats also know and use the Cyrillic alphabet. The spelling of Croatian is largely phonetic, that is, most words are written exactly as they are pronounced. However, there is a number of exceptions.

Vowels

a 
like 'a' in "above"

e 
like 'e' in "enemy"

i 
like 'i' in "pin"

o 
like 'o' in "opera"

u 
like 'u' in "put"

Consonants

b 
like 'b' in "bed"

c 
like 'ts' in "tsunami"

c 
like 'ch' in "child"

c 
like 't' in "tune"

d 
like 'd' in "dog"

dz 
like 'g' in "George"

Ä' 
like 'j' in jeep

f 
like 'f' in "for"

g 
like 'g' in "go"

h 
like 'h' in "help"

j 
like 'y' in "yell"

k 
like 'k' in "king"

l 
like 'l' in "love"

lj 
like 'lli' in "million".

m 
like 'm' in "mother"

n 
like 'n' in "nice"

nj 
like 'ñ' in Spanish "señor"

p 
like 'p' in "pig"

q 
like 'q' in "quest" (only in foreign words)

r 
like Scottish 'r' (a.k.a. rolling 'r' only much softer)

s 
like 's' in "sock"

s 
like 'sh' in "cash"

t 
like 't' in "top"

v 
like 'v' in "victory"

w 
like 'v' in "victor" (only in foreign words)

x 
like 'cks' in "kicks"(only in foreign words)

z 
like 'z' in "zebra"

z 
like 'su' in "measure"

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