The Native Italian Alphabet
This chart shows the names of the letters in the Italian alphabet with pronunciation
| click to hear the Italian Alphabet | ||||||
| Letter | Name | "Sounds Like" | Letter | Name | "Sounds Like" | |
| a | a | AH | n | enne | EN-NAY | |
| b | bi | BEE | o | 0 | OH | |
| c | ci | CHEE | p | pi | PEE | |
| d | di | DEE | q | cu | COO | |
| e | e | AY | r | erre | AIR-RAY | |
| f | effe | EF-FAY | s | esse | ES-SAY | |
| g | gi | JEE | t | ti | TEE | |
| h | acca | AHK-KA | u | u | OO | |
| i | i | EE | v | vu (or vi) | VOO (or) VEE | |
| l | elle | EL-LAY | z | zeta | ZAY-TAH | |
| m | emme | EM-MAY | ||||
This chart shows Letters from words of foreign origin found in the Italian Language with pronunciation
| click to hear the Letters of foreign origin in Italian | ||||||
| Letter | Name | "Sounds Like" | Letter | Name | "Sounds Like" | |
| j | i lunga | EE LOON-GA | x | ics | EEX | |
| k | cappa | KAH-PAH | y | ipsilon | EEP-SEE-LONE | |
| w | doppia vu | DOPE-PEE-AH VOO | (or) i greca | EE GRAY-KAH | ||
| You can learn more about the Italian alphabet and pronunciation on pages 1 - 5 (page #'s may vary as I have an older edition) of "Ciao", copyright 1986. If you do not own this book, don't worry, it is not mandatory that you do. However, it can be very useful in a lot of ways and if you would like to know more about this book and where to buy it, click on the graphic link to the right or simply go to our online bookstore. |
