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The Hungarian alphabet (Hungarian: magyar ábécé) is the alphabet used to write Hungarian. It uses the modern Latin alphabet with 40 letters to which 4 must be added for international words: Q, W, X and Y. Double letters: Cs, Dz, Gy, Ly, Ny, Sz, Ty, Zs and triple : Dzs are indivisible.
The fundamental alphabet
| A a | Á á | B b | C c | Cs cs | D d | Dz dz | Dzs dzs | E e | É é | F f | G g | Gy gy | H h | I i | Í í | J j | K k | L l | Ly ly |
| M m | N n | Ny ny | O o | Ó ó | Ö ö | Ő ő | P p | R r | S s | Sz sz | T t | Ty ty | U u | Ú ú | Ü ü | Ű ű | V v | Z z | Zs zs |
Pronunciation
| Lettre | Prononciation |
|---|---|
| A a | /ɒ/ |
| Á á | /aː/ |
| B b | /beː/ |
| C c | /t͡seː/ |
| Cs cs | /t͡ʃeː/ |
| D d | /deː/ |
| Dz dz | /d͡zeː/ |
| Dzs dzs | /d͡ʒeː/ |
| E e | /ɛ/ |
| É é | /eː/ |
| F f | /ɛf/ |
| G g | /ɡeː/ |
| Gy gy | /ɟeː/ |
| H h | /haː/ |
| I i | /i/ |
| Í í | /iː/ |
| J j | /jeː/ |
| K k | /kaː/ |
| L l | /ɛl/ |
| Ly ly | /ɛj/ ou /ɛl ipsilon/ |
| M m | /ɛm/ |
| N n | /ɛn/ |
| Ny ny | /ɛɲ/ |
| O o | /o/ |
| Ó ó | /oː/ |
| Ö ö | /ø/ |
| Ő ő | /øː/ |
| P p | /peː/ |
| R r | /ɛɾ/ |
| S s | /ɛʃ/ |
| Sz sz | /ɛs/ |
| T t | /teː/ |
| Ty ty | /ceː/ |
| U u | /u/ |
| Ú ú | /uː/ |
| Ü ü | /y/ |
| Ű ű | /yː/ |
| V v | /veː/ |
| Z z | /zeː/ |
| Zs zs | /ʒeː/ |
English approximant
| Hungarian Alphabet | Pronunciation Example |
|---|---|
| A | as in call |
| Á | 'i' as in file |
| B | as in absence |
| C | as in tsunami |
| Cs | as in check |
| D | as in deck |
| Dz | as in kids |
| Dzs | as in jam |
| E | as in less |
| (Ë) | as in same |
| É | as in café |
| F | as in find |
| G | as in get |
| Gy | as in duke |
| H | as in hi |
| I | as in thick |
| Í | as in leave |
| J | as in you |
| K | as in key |
| L | as in leave |
| Ly | as in hey |
| M | as in mind |
| N | as in noon |
| Ny | as in new |
| O | as in force |
| Ó | as in go |
| Ö | as in pool |
| Ő | as in stool |
| P | as in peas |
| (Q) | as in queen (only in foreign words) |
| R | as in Roma |
| S | as in share |
| Sz | as in say |
| T | as in tell |
| Ty | as in stew |
| U | as in rude |
| Ú | as in do |
| Ü | as in ultimate |
| Ű | not used in English |
| V | as in very |
| (W) | as in view |
| (X) | as in exact (only in foreign words) |
| (Y) | as in year (only in foreign words) |
| Z | as in desert |
| Zs | as in pleasure |
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