Language/Hungarian/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

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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