Alphabet Letters In Spanish
The alphabet letters in Spanish are derived from the Latin alphabet. When reading modern text books you may see variations such as the letters (ch) and (ll). From 1994 the Royal Spanish Academy decreed that these characters would no longer be treated as seperate letters in the dictionary. This does in effect mean that those characters are no longer used in the alphabetizing or alphabetic ordering of words. Slightly confusing I know however the composition of the alphabet remains the same. This takes us to the character (rr) which is now no longer considered a seperate letter in the alphabet and has not been re introduced however in some text books it will be listed.
The Spanish alphabet has all the characters of the English alphabet which makes it fairly easy to learn...Let's have a look at the pronunciation rules.
- Letter Name
- Aa a
- Bb be or be larga
- Cc ce
- Ch che
- Dd de
- Ee e
- Ff efe
- Gg ge
- Hh hache
- Ii i
- Jj jota
- Kk ka
- Ll ele
- LL elle
- Mm eme
- Nn ene
- Ññ eñe
- Oo o
- Pp p
- Qq cu
- Rr ere
- Ss ese
- Tt te
- Uu u
- Vv uve
- Ww uve doble
- Xx equis
- Yy i griega
- Zz zeta
Pronunciation Rules
There are pronunciation rules with the alphabet letters in Spanish which can be learned by reading the rules and lots of practice speaking the language.
A sounds like the (a) in bag.
E sounds like the (e) in egg.
I sounds like the (ee) in meet.
O sounds like the (o) in fog.
U sounds like the (oo) in boot.
The letter c is pronounced th when it comes before an i or an e in Castillian Spanish and like the c in cat in all other occassions.
The letter h is always silent in the spoken word, ir Hola...Ola.
The letter v is pronounced as a b, ie vino...bino.
Remember the best way to get to grips with this is to get as much practice as you possibly can. Try listening to as much of the language as you can and get a good auditory understanding of the pronunciation.
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