Elementary Croatian Online ABCs Intro : Elementary Croatian Online ABCs Intro Professor Mario
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Croatian Alphabet(Abeceda) : Croatian Alphabet(Abeceda) Croatian has 30 sounds, but only 27 letters available.
For that reason, there are 3 double letters which are considered as separate: LJ, NJ, DŽ
Croatian has 5 + 1 vowels: A, E, O, I, U, and R
The rest are consonants; we will try to hit the pronunciation of the hardest ones.
Abeceda : Abeceda A I š
B J T
C K U
C L V
C LJ Z
D M Ž
Dž N
Ð NJ X (iks)
E O Q (kwe)
F P Y (ipsilon)
G R W (duplo ve)
H S
C (t+sh) or C (t+y) : C (t+sh) or C (t+y) Curc (hard)
Church
Curc (soft)
Dž (d+zh) or Ð (d+y) : Dž (d+zh) or Ð (d+y) Džordž (hard)
George
Ðord (soft)
Pronunciation of “LJ” : Pronunciation of “LJ” The most difficult to pronounce for non-natives
Stick the tip of your tongue at the root of incisors, and the next half press against the palate
Examples: ljuljaška, Ljubica, strašljiv, kržljav