The Italian Alphabet

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• Italian Phonetic Alphabet

The following video will teach you the basics of the Italian alphabet, including its letters and pronunciation.

At the end of the video there is a dictation exercise to test your comprehension and reinforce what you learned:

Here are the notes on the Italian alphabet:

The Italian alphabet is made up of 21 letters. Each letter is presented in the table below with its pronunciation:

	Letter	Pronunciation
	a	a
	b	bi
	c	ci
	d	di
	e	e
	f	effe
	g	gi
	h	acca
	i	i
	l	elle
	m	emme
	n	enne
	o	o
	p	pi
	q	cu
	r	erre
	s	esse
	t	ti
	u	u
	v	vu (sometimes vi)
	z	zeta

Not included in the Italian alphabet, but often used in Italian, are 5 foreign letters:

	Letter	Pronunciation
	j	i lunga
	k	kappa
	w	doppia vu
	x	ics
	y	ipsilon

You can study the following flashcards to practice the Italian alphabet and learn some animal names while you practice:

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