One of the first things you learn in your native language is the alphabet. It’s not too strange to think, then, that when you’re learning Polish, you should start with the Polish alphabet. Admittedly, it looks pretty similar to the English alphabet in a lot of ways, but that doesn’t mean they’re the same. Drilling down and focusing on the Polish alphabet’s letters will help with your pronunciation, and it will make it so that you’re speaking a new language with confidence in no time. Learning the Polish Alphabet Polish is a West Slavic language that uses a modified Latin alphabet. It consists of 32 letters, 9 of which have diacritical marks. These are Ą, Ć, Ę, Ł, Ń, Ó, Ś, Ź and Ż. Q, X, and V are not used except in loanwords. How to Pronounce Polish Letters with Diacritics The pronunciation of diacritical letters is one of the characteristic features of the Polish language. Here’s each one in context.…