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When trying to pronounce words in Icelandic, some knowledge of a Scandinavian language is useful. Compared to English, the vowels are different, however, most consonants are pronounced similar to English. | |||
The Icelandic alphabet has kept two old letters which no longer exist in the English alphabet: Þ, þ (þorn, modern English "thorn") and Ð, ð (eð, anglicised as "eth" or "edh"), representing the voiceless and voiced "th" sounds (as in English "thin" and "this"), respectively. Below is a guide to pronunciation. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|Letter | |||
|Pronunciation in English | |||
|- | |||
|A | |||
|"a" sound in father | |||
|- | |||
|E | |||
|"e" sound in bed | |||
|- | |||
|I, Y | |||
|"i" sound in little | |||
|- | |||
|U | |||
|"u" sound in German höher or "eu" sound in French neuf | |||
|- | |||
|Æ | |||
|"æ" sound in eye | |||
|- | |||
|ö | |||
|"ö" sound in German höher or "eu" sound in French neuf | |||
|- | |||
|ð | |||
|"th" sound in weather (voiced th) | |||
|- | |||
|þ | |||
|"th" sound in thord (unvoiced th) | |||
|} | |||
Icelandic is a North Germanic language spoken in Iceland where it is the national language. | Icelandic is a North Germanic language spoken in Iceland where it is the national language. | ||