Proto-Slavic ǫ and Polish ą

In Old Polish, the Proto-Slavic ǫ became ą.
Polish is one of the few Slavic languages that preserve nasal sounds like ą and ę.




The sound ǫ and ą is pronounced like a very open "on" sound,
very similar to French numeral one: "un" or "bon".

Interslavic decided to reflect the spelling used in Proto-Slavic and Old Church Slavonic (OCS), which used Cyrillic ѫ, Latin ǫ.

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dogpuspǫsъ / пѫсъpiesпёс-піс
sunsunceslъncě / слънцьsłońceсолнце-сонце
ninedevetdesębъ / десѧтъdziewięćдевять-дев'ять
heartsrcesьrdьcě / срьдцьserceсердце-серце
I am (1st person)jeę / ѧ----
to be (future)budębǫdǫ / бѫдѫbędęбуду-буду
oak treedabdǫbъ / дѫбъdąb---
foot solepętapьtǫga / пьтѫгаpięta---
beautiful (fem. adj.)penknapěnъ / пѣнъpiękna---
to spin (yarn)pętipьnǫ / пьнѫpiąć---
to askpętatipьtati / пьтатиpytać---
day (in compounds)djenjedenь / деньdzień---
to carry (verb)nestiněsti / нєстиnieść---
to boil (soup)kųpětikǫpěti / кѫпѣтиkieprzyć---
to digkopatikopati / копатиkąpać---
to knead (dough)mesitiměsiti / мѣситиmiesić---
to wipe (dry)mytimyti / мытиmyć---
to move (verb)pustitipǫsěti / пѫсѣтиpuścić---
to build (house)stąpitistabiti / стабитиstać---
to search (verb)tąpititopiti / топитиtopić---
to throw (object)vuntativǫtati / вѫтати-вытащить (related)--
to wash (laundry)větivěti / вѣти----



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