Croatian Alphabet

Here you can find the Croatian alphabet and a guide to the pronunciation of each letter.

Alphabet

Pronunciation Guide

A
pronounced like the "a" in car
B
pronounced like the "b" in bat
C
pronounced like the "ts" in cats
Č
pronounced like the first "ch" in church; harder 'ch' sound than Ć
Ć
pronounced like the second "ch" in church; softer 'ch' sound than Č
D
pronounced like the "d" in dark
pronounced like the "j" in jack; harder j sound than Đ
Đ
pronounced like the "g" in ginger; softer j sound than DŽ
E
pronounced like the "e" in let
F
pronounced like the "f" in fit
G
pronounced like the "g" in game
H
pronounced like the "ch" in the Scottish loch
I
pronounced like the "e" in east
J
pronounced like the "y" in year
K
pronounced like the "c" in care
L
pronounced like the "l" in love
LJ
closest English equivalent is the "llio" in million, but there is no true English equivalent of this letter
M
pronounced like the "m" in Molly
N
pronounced like the "n" in never
NJ
pronounced like the "ni" in onion
O
pronounced like the "o" in most
P
pronounced like the "p" in pot
R
no English equivalent; you trill the letter r as you would in Spanish
S
pronounced like the "s" second
Š
pronounced like the "sh" in shut
T
pronounced like the "t" in time
U
pronounced like the "oo" in shoot
V
pronounced like the "w" in what
Z
pronounced like the "z" in zebra
Ž
pronounced like the "s" in pleasure or like the letter J in French

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