Slovak is a Slavic language, related to Russian, Czech and many other central/eastern European languages. It is written using the Latin alphabet with some exceptions, and some letters have accent marks. These accented letters are considered to be separate letters so they are always included as part of the alphabet. The alphabet is as follows.
| A a |
Short 'u' like English fun |
| Á á |
long 'a' like English father |
| Ä ä |
'ae' like English aeroplane |
| B b | same as in English |
| C c | 'ts' like English cats |
| Č č | 'ch' like English chin |
| D d | same as in English |
| Ď ď | "dy" sound like English duke |
| Dz dz | 'ds' like English beds |
| D� d� | 'j' like English jump |
| E e | always 'e' like English egg, NOT evil |
| É é | 'ei' like English their |
| F f | same as in English |
| G g | hard 'g' like English garden |
| H h | same as in English |
| Ch ch | 'ch' like the composer, Bach |
| I i | 'i' like English income |
| Í í | 'ee' like English meet |
| J j | 'y' like English yawn |
| K k | same as in English |
| L l | roughly the same as in English |
| Ľ ľ | Something like 'Lu'in Luvre |
| Ĺ ĺ | "ly" sound like English million |
| M m | same as in English |
| n | same as in English |
| Ň ň | "ny"sound like English new |
| o | 'o' like English bolt |
| � | 'oo' like English door |
| � | 'o' like English code |
| p | same as in English |
| q | "kv" sound |
| r | a rolled "r" |
| Ŕ ŕ | a very rolled "r" |
| s | 'ss' like English pass |
| � | 'sh' like English shoot |
| t | same as in English |
| Ť ť | "ty" sound like English tube |
| u | short 'oo' like English boot |
| � | longer 'oo' like English fool |
| v | same as in English |
| w | 'w' like English water |
| x | same as in English |
| y | short 'i' like English bit |
| � | 'ee' like English feed |
| z | same as in English |
| � | "zh" sound like English leisure |
