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The Icelandic alphabet consists of 32 letters. There are also three letters used for foreign words, and one obsolete letter. Icelandic uses the latin alphabet, which is the same as the English alphabet and most Western European languages. There are some letters that are not found in English, and even some letters that only Icelandic uses. | The Icelandic alphabet consists of 32 letters. There are also three letters used for foreign words, and one obsolete letter. Icelandic uses the latin alphabet, which is the same as the English alphabet and most Western European languages. There are some letters that are not found in English, and even some letters that only Icelandic uses. | ||
Below are tables of the Icelandic alphabet and its pronunciation. (To listen to it go here: | Below are tables of the Icelandic alphabet and its pronunciation. (To listen to it go here: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/File:Is-Icelandic_alphabet.oga) | ||
==Alphabet== | |||
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|Upper case | |Upper case | ||
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|ö | |ö | ||
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Letters C, Q, and W are not part of the Icelandic alphabet, but are used in foreign words: | Letters C, Q, and W are not part of the Icelandic alphabet, but are used in foreign words: | ||
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|tvöfalt vaff | |tvöfalt vaff | ||
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The final letter, Z, is no longer used in Icelandic as of 1973. However, it is used only in very rare cases preserved in historic names of structures, organizations, and the like, such as Verzló (a school in Reykjavík). | The final letter, Z, is no longer used in Icelandic as of 1973. However, it is used only in very rare cases preserved in historic names of structures, organizations, and the like, such as Verzló (a school in Reykjavík). | ||
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