Letter

Pronunciation

Examples

a

a

a as in "apple" never as in "able"

b

be

same as in English

c

ce

c as in the word "Indonesian"

d

de

as in the word "danish"

e

e

as in the word "learn" sometimes as in "bet"

f

ef

like the English standalone f

g

ge

always as in the word "gold" never as in the word "german"

h

ha

just like English, but never silent like in the word "honor"

i

i

ee like in "sweet"

j

je

as in "Job"

k

ka

regular "k" but not aspirated

l

el

same as in English

m

em

same as in English

n

en

same as in English

o

o

as in "over" or "drop"

p

pe

same as in English but not aspirated

q

ki

same as in English

r

er

same as in the rolled Spanish "r"

s

es

same as in English

t

te

as in English but not aspirated

u

u

as in "oo"

v

fe

more like "f" than "v"

w

we

same as in English

x

eks

same as in English

y

ye

same as in English

z

zet

same as in English

ng

eng

Like in “hanging” softly.

Another compound similar to the “ng”, is the “ngg” with allows us to pronounce it the hard way as “bingo”

ny

nye

Similar to the “n” in the Spanish “mañana”,

kh

kha

From Arabic, sounds like the Scottish “loch” or the Spanish jota.

sy

sya

From Arabic like “shield”