Learn the Croatian Alphabet

Hrvatska abeceda

Learn to read the Croatian Alphabet (Hrvatska abeceda): all 30 letters with names, sounds and audio, plus flashcards, listening, typing and matching practice.

Letter	Name	Latin letters	Sound
A a	A	a	a as in father (mama)
B b	Be	b	b as in bed
C c	Ce	c	always ts as in cats, never k or s (cesta)
Č č	Če	č	a hard ch as in church, with the tongue curled back (čaj)
Ć ć	Će	ć	a soft ch, lighter than č, with the tongue flat against the teeth, like 'ty' in 'got you' said fast (ćuk, noć)
D d	De	d	d as in dog
Dž dž	Dže	dž	a hard j as in jam, with the tongue curled back; one letter, written with two marks (džep)
Đ đ	Đe	đ	a soft j, lighter than dž, like 'dy' in 'did you' said fast (đak)
E e	E	e	e as in bed (sestra)
F f	Ef	f	f as in fish
G g	Ge	g	always hard as in go (grad)
H h	Ha	h	a raspy h at the back of the throat, like ch in Scottish loch (kruh)
I i	I	i	ee as in see (riba)
J j	Je	j	y as in yes, never English j (ja)
K k	Ka	k	k as in skate, without a puff of air
L l	El	l	l as in lamp
Lj lj	Lje	lj	one sound: l and y melted together, like lli in million (ljubav)
M m	Em	m	m as in man
N n	En	n	n as in no
Nj nj	Nje	nj	one sound: n and y melted together, like ny in canyon (konj)
O o	O	o	a pure 'oh' with no glide (oko)
P p	Pe	p	p as in spin, without a puff of air
R r	Er	r	a rolled r (riba); can be the core of a syllable (prst, Hrvatska)
S s	Es	s	s as in sun, never buzzing
Š š	Eš	š	sh as in ship (škola)
T t	Te	t	t as in stop, without a puff of air
U u	U	u	oo as in moon (ulica)
V v	Ve	v	a soft v, between v and w (voda)
Z z	Ze	z	z as in zoo (zima)
Ž ž	Že	ž	the s in measure (žena)

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