Showing posts with label The Spanish Alphabet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Spanish Alphabet. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

The Spanish Alphabet

According to La Real Academia, which is considered the arbiter of what's official Spanish, the following 29 letters make up the Spanish alphabet: In 2010, the REA decided to remove ch and ll are to letter to make a sound as in the table bellow. They also decided that the letters should have one sound even though  there are different ones in others countries.
a, b, c, ch, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, ll, m, n, ñ, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z
Letter Sounds

Letter
Sound
Examples:

A a
a
Antonio
Ana
B b
be
Benito
Bolivia
C c
ce
Carlos
Cecilia
Ch ch 
(removed from the alphabet by REA)
che
Pancho
Concha
D d
de
Domingo
Dolores
E e
e
Eduardo
Elena
F f
efe
Fernando
Francisca
G g
ge
Gerardo
Guatemala
H h
Hache
Héctor
Hortensia
I i
I
Ignacio
Inés
J j
Jota
José
Juana
K k
Ka
Kilometro
Kansas
L l
ele
Luis
Lola
LL ll 
(removed from the alphabet by REA)
Elle
Guillermo
Sevilla
M m
Eme
Manuel
María
N n
Ene
Nicolás
Nación
Ñ ñ
Eñe
España
Begoña
O o
O
Octavio
Olivia
P p
Pe
Pablo
Pilar
Q q
cu
Enrique
Raquel
R r
Ere, erre
(only acceptable pronunciation per REA)
Alvaro
El Perú
S s
Ese
Salvador
San Juan
T t
Te
Teresa
Tomas
U u
U
Agustin
Lucia
V v
Ve , uve (España)
Victor
Venezuela
W w
Uve Double
Oswaldo
Wilma
X x
Equis
Extremadura
Xavier
Y y
I griega, ye ( to simplify)
Yolanda
Pelayo
Z z
zeta
Gonzalo
Esperanza