The article provides an illustration of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as applied to the Czech language. Czech is a Slavic language spoken mainly in the Czech Republic, with significant communities in North America and other European countries. It has a long tradition of written language, with a standard form evolving by the 16th century. However, a divergence between written and spoken forms emerged in the 18th century, which persists today. The text is transcribed based on the speech of a native speaker from Prague. Czech has a system of consonants, including plosives, fricatives, trills, and nasals. The plosives occur in voiced/voiceless pairs and are not aspirated. The glottal stop is not phonemic but is used before vowels. Fricatives occur in voiced/voiceless pairs, with the glottal fricative always voiced and the velar fricative normally voiceless. There are two trills, /r/, with distinct articulatory characteristics. Nasals include /m/, /n/, and /ŋ/, with some allophonic variations. The vowel system includes five short vowels /ɪəʊ/ and their long counterparts /iː/: e: a: o: u/, along with three diphthongs. Vowel distinctions are preserved in unstressed positions. Assimilation of place and manner of articulation occurs, with voicing assimilation affecting consonants. Stress in Czech falls on the first syllable, functioning as an indication of word boundaries. The transcription of a recorded passage is provided, along with an orthographic version of the text. The article acknowledges contributions from various scholars and references key phonological works on Czech.The article provides an illustration of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as applied to the Czech language. Czech is a Slavic language spoken mainly in the Czech Republic, with significant communities in North America and other European countries. It has a long tradition of written language, with a standard form evolving by the 16th century. However, a divergence between written and spoken forms emerged in the 18th century, which persists today. The text is transcribed based on the speech of a native speaker from Prague. Czech has a system of consonants, including plosives, fricatives, trills, and nasals. The plosives occur in voiced/voiceless pairs and are not aspirated. The glottal stop is not phonemic but is used before vowels. Fricatives occur in voiced/voiceless pairs, with the glottal fricative always voiced and the velar fricative normally voiceless. There are two trills, /r/, with distinct articulatory characteristics. Nasals include /m/, /n/, and /ŋ/, with some allophonic variations. The vowel system includes five short vowels /ɪəʊ/ and their long counterparts /iː/: e: a: o: u/, along with three diphthongs. Vowel distinctions are preserved in unstressed positions. Assimilation of place and manner of articulation occurs, with voicing assimilation affecting consonants. Stress in Czech falls on the first syllable, functioning as an indication of word boundaries. The transcription of a recorded passage is provided, along with an orthographic version of the text. The article acknowledges contributions from various scholars and references key phonological works on Czech.