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The Italian Alphabet
Salim 2005 © Linguanaut.com
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Italian Alphabet, Letters, Italian Vowels, Consonants, Italian Pronunciation, How to write in Italian. |
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Aa as in the word “ask” and never as in the word “able” |
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Bb same as in English |
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Cc like “tsh” before “i” or “e”, otherwise like "k” in Creole. |
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Dd same as in English |
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Ee as in “elevated” |
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Ff same as in English |
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Gg like the "dg", before “i” or “e”, otherwise like the "g" in "Good". |
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Hh silent most of the time. |
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Ii as in the word “ink” never as in the word “island” |
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Jj as in “Job”, or the “s” of “pleasure”. |
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Kk same as in English |
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Ll same as in English |
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Mm same as in English |
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Nn same as in English |
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Oo same as in English “Old” never as in “Hot” which is pronounced somehow like {hat} |
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Pp same as in English |
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Qq same as in English |
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Rr Spanish “r” |
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Ss between vowels as “z”, and as “s” otherwise. |
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Tt same as in English not as sharp. |
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Uu as in the “ultra”, never as in the word “up” or “university” |
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Vv same as in English |
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Ww as in English, sometimes as “v” |
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Xx same as in English |
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Yy same as in English although rare. |
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Zz as in “ts”, or “dz”. |
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cc as “tshee” before “i” and “e”, or as “kee” elsewhere. |
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ch like “k” as in “kid”. |
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gg as in “dgee” before “I” and “e”, or as the “gee” in “geese”. |
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gh like “g” in “God” |
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gli as in “gli” |
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gn like “n” in “news” |
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qu like “kw” in “quest” |
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sc like “sh” before “i” and “e”, or like “k” elsewhere. |
J- K- W- X- Y appear mainly in foreign loan words.
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Italian Alphabet, Letters, Italian Vowels, Consonants, Italian Pronunciation, How to write in Italian. |