Catalan alphabet

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The Catalan alphabet comes from the Roman alphabet

Today the official version has these letters:

• A a [Pronunciation: /ə/../grave-accent.html" title="Grave accent">Àà [Pronunciation /a/]

B b [Pronunciation: /β/bb/]

C c [Pronunciation: /s/../cedilla.html" title="Cedilla">Çç [Pronunciation: /s/]

D d [Pronunciation: /δ/li>

E e [Pronunciation: /ε/ə/]

• Variants: È è [Pronunciation: /ε/]
• Variants: É é [Pronunciation: /e/]

F f [Pronunciation: /f/]

G g [Pronunciation: /γ/A/ʝ/li>

H h (mute letter)

I i [Pronunciation: /j/../acute-accent.html" title="Acute accent">Íí [Pronunciation: /i/]

Variants:Ï ï [Pronunciation: /i/]

J j [Pronunciation: /ʒ/]

K k (Only for foreign words) [Pronunciation: /k/]

L l [Pronunciation: /l/ /ɫ/]

M m [Pronunciation: /m/]

N n[Pronunciation: /n/,/ɱ/]

O o [Pronunciation: /u/ɔ/]

• Variants: Ò ò [Pronunciation: /ɔ/]
• Variants: Ó ó [Pronunciation: /o/]

P p [Pronunciation: /pp/li>

Q q [Pronunciation: /k/]

R r [Pronunciation: /ρ/li>

S s [Pronunciation: /z/li>

T t [Pronunciation: /t/]

U u [Pronunciation: /w/../acute-accent.html" title="Acute accent">Úú [Pronunciation: /u/]

Variations:Ü ü [Pronunciations: /w/li>

V v [Pronunciation: /b/β/]

W w (Only for foreign words) [Pronunciation: /b/em> [w] but wàter [b])

X x [Pronunciation/, /, /ʃ/]

Y y (Only in the "ny" combination) [Pronunciation: doesn't exist alone]

Z z [Pronuciation: /z/]

Note that usually Catalan has the rule one-letter-one-sound (but no one-sound-one-letter) but there are special combinations of letters with more sounds. The most importants are: ll (/λ/), ny (/ɲ/), l·l or ela geminada /ɫɫ/, rr (/r/), ss (/s/). Digraphs rr and ss are used only between vowels. Note the existence of the character "·" (mid dot) that is used to represent a sound but it is not considered a letter itself.

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Alphabet > Catalan alphabet