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Galician Alphabet and Pronunciation
Hello Galician learners 😊,
In today’s lesson we are going to study how to write and pronounce the Galician alphabet.
Galician is spoken mainly in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain where it is co-official with Spanish.
You will find in the table below the different letters of its alphabet and their pronunciation.
Alphabet and Pronunciation in Galician
LETTERS IN GALICIAN | PRONUNCIATION (ENGLISH SPEAKERSPRONUNCIATION |
A | ah |
B | b |
CA / CO / CU | kah / koh / kou |
CE / CI | seh / sih |
CH | ch |
D | d |
E | eh |
F | f |
GA / GO / GU | gah / goh / gou |
GE / GI | heh / hih |
H | no sound |
I | ih |
J | zh |
K | k |
L | l |
LL | lih |
M | m |
N | n |
Ñ | nih |
O | oh |
P | p |
Q | k |
R | r |
S | s |
T | t |
U | ou |
V | b |
W | u |
X | sh / ks |
Y | ih |
Z | s |
An other explanation and details
Letter | A a | B b | C c | D d | E e | F f | G g | H h | I i | L l | M m | N n | Ñ ñ | O o | P p | Q q | R r | S s | T t | U u | V v | X x | Z z |
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Name | a | be | ce | de | e | efe | gue | hache | i | ele | eme | ene | eñe | o | pe | que | erre | ese | te | u | uve | xe | zeta |
IPA | [a] | [b] | [θ], [k] | [d] | [e], [ɛ] | [f] | [g] | Ø | [i] | [l] | [m] | [n] | [ɲ] | [o], [ɔ] | [p] | [k] | [ɾ], [r] | [s͇] | [t] | [u] | [b] | [ʃ], [ks͇] | [θ] |