Croatian Alphabet
Here you can find the Croatian alphabet and a guide to the pronunciation of each letter.
Alphabet
- A
- B
- C
- Č
- Ć
- D
- Dž
- Đ
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- LJ
- M
- N
- NJ
- O
- P
- R
- S
- Š
- T
- U
- V
- Z
- Ž
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
- Dž
- 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