Alphabet/Spanish alphabet

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The Spanish alphabet has 27 letters. Synonyms: alfabeto (from Ancient Greekἄλφα/alfa/alpha, beta...) and abecedario (from Spanish sounding: a-be-ጀce-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)
1 A a (á) a
2 B b be
3 C c ce
4 D d de
5 E e (é) e
6 F f efe
7 G g ge
8 H h atcheh
9 I i (í) i
10 J j jota
11 K k ka
12 L l ele
13 M m eme
14 N n ene
15 Ñ ñ eñe
16 O o (ó) o
17 P p pe
18 Q q coo
19 R r ere
20 S s ese
21 T t te
22 U u (ú, ü) u
23 V v uve
24 W w doble uve
25 X x equis
26 Y y ye, i griega
27 Z z zeta