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The Portuguese Alphabet
Salim 2005 © Linguanaut.com
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Portuguese Alphabet, Letters, Portuguese Vowels, Consonants, Portuguese Pronunciation, How to write in Portuguese. |
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Aa also á, as in the word “ask”, never as in the word “able”, also (ã, â as “aa”) |
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Bb same as in English. |
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Cc like “s” before “i” or “e”, otherwise like "k” in Creole. Ç always as “s” |
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Dd same as in English, sometimes “dg” |
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Ee as in “elevated”, also (é, ê) are pronounced almost the same way. |
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Ff same as in English |
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Gg like the "s" in “pleasure”, before “i” or “e”, otherwise like the "g" in "God". |
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Hh silent most of the time. |
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Ii after vowels as “w”, elsewhere as in the word “ink”. |
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Jj as the “s” of “pleasure”. |
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Kk same as in English |
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Ll like “w” after vowels, as “l” otherwise. |
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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”, also ( ó, ô, õ) are pronounced almost the same way. |
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Pp same as in English |
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QUqu as in “kw” |
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Rr as “r” after consonants (except n) and before a vowel or at the end of a word if the next word begins with a vowel, [kh] elsewhere. |
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Ss between vowels as “z”, and as “s” elsewhere. |
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Tt same as in English not as sharp, sometimes as (tsh) |
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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, (sh) at the beginning of the word and before a consonant. |
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Yy same as in English although rare. |
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Zz same as in English. At the end of words it sounds as “s” in pleasure. |
Lh sounds like (ya)
Nh sounds like (nya), in some places like (ya)
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