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Basque Alphabet and Pronunciation
Kaixo, Basque Learners! 😃
➡ In today's lesson you will learn how to write and pronounce the Basque alphabet.
Basque is a language spoken by Basques and others of the Basque Country (adjacent parts of Northern Spain and Southwestern France).
Alphabet and Pronunciation in Basque
| LETTERS IN
BASQUE |
PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH
SPEAKERS |
PRONUNCIATION PORTUGUESE
SPEAKERS |
| A | ah | a |
| B | b | b |
| CA / CO / CU | kah / kou / koo | ca / co / cu |
| CE / CI | seh / sih | se / si |
| D | d | d |
| E | eh | e |
| F | f | f |
| GE / GI | yeh / yih | ye / yi |
| GA / GO / GU | gah / goh / gou | ga / go / gu |
| H | no sound | sem som |
| I | ih | i |
| J | h | r |
| K | k | k |
| L | l | l |
| LL | ly | lh |
| M | m | m |
| N | n | n |
| Ñ | ny | nh |
| O | oh | o |
| P | p | p |
| Q | q | q |
| R | r | r |
| S | s | s |
| T | t | t |
| U | ou | u |
| V | v / b | v – b |
| W | ou | u |
| X | sh | ch |
| Y | y | y |
| Z | s | s |
Pronuciation table
| Letter | A a | B b | C c | D d | E e | F f | G g | H h | I i | J j | K k | L l | M m | N n | Ñ ñ | O o | P p | Q q | R r | S s | T t | U u | V v | W w | X x | Y y | Z z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | a | be | ze | de | e | efe | ge | hatxe | i | jota | ka | ele | eme | ene | eñe | o | pe | ku | erre | ese | te | u | uve | uve bikoitza | ixa | i grekoa | zeta |
| IPA | /a/ | /b/ | /s/, /k/ | /d/, /d̪/, /ð/ | /e/ | /f/ | /g/, /ɣ/ | ∅, /h/ | /i/, /i̭/ | /j/, /x/, /ʝ/, /ɟ/ | /k/ | /l/ | /m/ | /n/ | /ɲ/ | /o/ | /p/ | /k/ | /r/, /ɾ/ | /s̺/ | /t/, /t̪/ | /u/, /u̯/ | /b/, /β/ | /u̯/ | /ʃ/ | /i/, /i̭/ | /s̻/ |
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