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Alphabet/Spanish alphabet

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The Spanish alphabet has 27 letters. Unlike the English alphabet which has 26 letters and and Spanish has 27 because of the unique letter ñ. Synonyms: alfabeto (from Ancient Greekἄλφα/alfa/alpha, beta...) and abecedario (from Spanish sounding: a-be-ce-da-rio).


Notes:

  1. Only vocals may contain an accent ( ' ). Only the letter "u" may show an accent or dieresis (ü).
  2. The letter "H" or "h" is silent, unless it is preceded by the letter "C" or "c" to form "Ch" (or by the letter S to form Sh).
  3. The combination of the letters P or p and h used in English is not used in Spanish, particularly to produce the f sound; so words like alpha (in English) are written as alfa in Spanish.
  4. The letter "Q" or "q" is basically accompanied by the letter "u", to be followed by a vocal, such as "e" or "i" to form the syllable que and qui.
  5. The letter "W" or "w", as the combination "Sh" or "sh" (and in some instances the letter "x" or "x") present flexibility to accommodate some neologisms, anglicisms, and other terms and names not necessarily original in Spanish. For instance: Washington.
  6. The letter "X" or "x", encompasses different sounds in pronunciation depending on the use of the word and the position of the letter in the word.

#Letter (Uppercase)Letter (Lowercase)Pronunciation (Name of the letter)Sound (Name of the letter)
1Aa (á)a
2Bbbe
3Ccce
4Ddde
5Ee (é)e
6Ffefe
7Ggge
8Hhatcheh
9Ii (í)ee
10Jjjota
11Kkka
12Llele
13Mmeme
14Nnene
15Ññeñe
16Oo (ó)o
17Pppe
18Qqcoo
19Rrere
20Ssese
21Ttte
22Uu (ú, ü)u
23Vvuve
24Wwdoble uve
25Xxequis
26Yyye, i griega
27Zzzeta