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Revision as of 11:25, 14 June 2021
Hello everybody,
In today's lesson you will learn the ¨ALPHABET AND PRONUNCIATION¨ in Latin.
Feel free to edit this page by adding new words and expressions !
Good learning ! :)
The classical Latin alphabet
The classical Latin alphabet has only 23 letters, and upper cases.
The following table shows the Latin alphabet and how it is pronounced in English, with some examples in Latin:
| Letter | Pronunciation | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| A | [a:] | Ac [ak]: and |
| B | [be] | Bellus : beautiful |
| C | [ce] | cesar Cesar |
| D | [de] | duo : two |
| E | [e] | Epistula : letter |
| F | [ef] | Facilis : easy |
| G | [ge] hard | Ego : i.me |
| H | [ha:] | Hospitis : host |
| I | [i:] | Iam : already |
| K | [ka:] | Kalo : proclaim |
| L | [el] | Laetus : joyful,glad |
| M | [em] | Māgnus : great |
| N | [en] | Nātus : son |
| O | [o:] | Oculus : eye |
| P | [pe] | Puella [pu'el.la] : girl |
| Q | [ku:] | Aqua : water |
| R | [er] trilled | Recēns : fresh |
| S | [es] | Sacer : holy |
| T | [te] | Tener : young |
| V | [we] | Verbum [wer'bum] : word |
| X | [iks] | Ex : out of |
| Y | [i:greca] | Yarda : yard |
| Z | [ze:ta] | Zebra : zebra |
- NB : Latin is a phonetic language so the word sounds exactly like how it's written and every letters in a word is sounded.
Alphabet and Pronunciation in different languages
| LETTERS
IN LATIN |
PRONUNCIATION
ENGLISH SPEAKERS |
PRONUNCIATION
PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS |
| A | ah | a |
| B | b | b |
| CA / CO / CU | kah / kou / koo | ca / co / cu |
| CE / CI | cheh / chih | tche / tchi |
| D | d | d |
| E | eh | e |
| F | f | f |
| G | g | g |
| H | no shound | sem som |
| I | ih | i |
| J | j | dj |
| K | k | k |
| L | l | l |
| M | m | m |
| N | n | n |
| O | oh | o |
| P | p | p |
| Q | q | q |
| R | r | r |
| S | s | s |
| T | t | t |
| U | ou | u |
| V | v / ou | v – f |
| W | ou | u |
| X | ks | ks |
| Y | y | y |
| Z | z | z |
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