Spanish Alphabet
The Spanish Alphabet
As is the case with any language, the letters that make up the Spanish alphabet are its building blocks, and it's important to have a good grasp of the differences in the way each letter sounds. It's also worth taking note that, despite both being derived from the Latin alphabet, as you can see below, there is one main addition between the English and Spanish alphabet: the letter Ñ (pronounced en-yeh).
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A: a (ah) B: be (beh) C: ce (ceh) D: de (deh) E: e (eh) F: efe (eff-eh) G: ge (heh) H: hache (ah-cheh) I: i (ee) J: jota (ho-tah) K: ka (kah) L: ele (el-leh) M: eme (em-eh) N: ene (en-eh) Ñ: eñe (en-yeh) O: o (oh) P: pe (peh) Q: cu (coo) R: ere (er-eh) S: ese (es-eh) T: te (teh) U: u (oo) V: ve (beh) W: uve doble (oo-beh do-ble) X: equis (eh-kees) Y: i griega (ee-gree-eh-gah) Z: zeta (zeh-tah) |
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Other Letters in Spanish
As an interesting aside (although the letters listed above make up the Spanish alphabet according to the authority on the Spanish language, the Real Academia Española), there's always been some debate surrounding what letters should actually make up the Spanish alphabet. In addition to the letters of the alphabet there are a couple of sounds, not present in English, that were once officially recognised as being part of the Spanish alphabet, namely: CH (che) and LL (elle).
As an interesting aside (although the letters listed above make up the Spanish alphabet according to the authority on the Spanish language, the Real Academia Española), there's always been some debate surrounding what letters should actually make up the Spanish alphabet. In addition to the letters of the alphabet there are a couple of sounds, not present in English, that were once officially recognised as being part of the Spanish alphabet, namely: CH (che) and LL (elle).
Beyond that, there's another sound, RR (erre - pronounced eh-reh), which some text books and dictionaries incorrectly hold to be a separate letter. K and W, meanwhile, are considered by some not to be part of the official Spanish alphabet because they are invariably used to make up non-Spanish words that have been intregated into the Spanish language.
