Kashubian alphabet Kashubian alphabet The Kashubian or Cassubian alphabet ("kaszëbsczi alfabét", "kaszëbsczé abecadło") is the script of the Kashubian language, based on the Latin alphabet. The Kashubian alphabet consists of 34 letters: A, Ą, Ã, B, C, D, E, É, Ë, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, Ł, M, N, Ń, O, Ò, Ó, Ô, P, R, S, T, U, Ù, W, Y, Z, Ż The Kashubian language also use some digraphs: ch, cz, dz, dż, rz and sz. The digraphs "cz", "dż", "sz", "ż" are pronounced in a different manner from their Polish counterparts – they are palato-alveolar, not retroflex
Z mark the corresponding phonemes with the "" (caron) accent: , , , ; this system has its origin in Czech orthography of the Hussite period.) Two more Polish digraphs include with diacritical marks, as accent and dot: ( or ) and ( or ). can also appear alone with diacritical marks, namely or . Similarly, Hungarian uses in the digraphs (expressing , as opposed to the value of , which is ), and (expressing ). Among non-European languages that have adopted the Latin alphabet, usually stands for , such as in Azerbaijani, Igbo, Indonesian, Shona, Swahili, Tatar, Turkish, and Zulu.