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== The classical Latin alphabet ==  
== The classical Latin alphabet ==  

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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] dos : 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.

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