Language/Latin/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

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The classical Latin alphabet

The classical Latin alphabet has only 28 letters

The following table shows the Latin alphabet and how it is pronounced in English, with some examples in Latin:

Letter Pronunciation Examples
Aa [a:] Ac [ak]: and
Bb [be] Bellus : beautiful
Cc ce cesar Cesar
Dd [de] dos : two
Ee [e] Epistula : letter
Ff [ef] Facilis : easy
Gg [ge] hard Ego : i.me
Hh [ha:] Hospitis : host
Ii [i:] Iam : already
Kk [ka:] Kalo : proclaim
Ll [el] Laetus : joyful,glad
Mm [em] Māgnus : great
Nn [en] Nātus : son
Oo [o:] Oculus : eye
Pp [pe] Puella [pu'el.la] : girl
Qq [ku:] Aqua : water
Rr [er] trilled Recēns : fresh
Ss [es] Sacer : holy
Tt [te] Tener : young
Vv [we] Verbum [wer'bum] : word
Xx [iks] Ex : out of
Yy [i:greca] Yarda : yard
Zz [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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