![]() Elsewhere, it’s pronounced like the S in “Sarah” before these vowels. Just think of the Spanish B and the V as two letters for the same sound. This conflation should give you some clue as to why native Spanish speakers have a terrible time understanding and pronouncing the English V as in “Victor.” Ccīefore I or E, it’s pronounced like the TH in the English “thing” in central and northern Spain. Linguists will tell you this doesn’t make any difference in actual speech patterns, however. The Spanish B is pronounced exactly the same as the Spanish V-although occasionally some people, even native speakers, will claim otherwise. ![]() In other situations, it may sound a little bit closer to the English V, but not much. Name: (officially) be, (commonly) be alta, (less frequently) be larga or be grandeĪt the beginning of a word, or after L, M or N, this letter sounds pretty much the same in Spanish as in English (like the B in “boy”), but a little less plosive (softer). ![]() This back open vowel is the first vowel in a Spanish word you probably already know: amigo or /i/ as a vowel and or as a consonant, depending on the regionĪs in any language, there are some specific situations in which letters change sounds or have more than one option, so you’ll want to read these detailed notes about each of the Spanish letters. Note that all Spanish letters are feminine. When there are other names that you’ll frequently hear, those are given here as well. The “official” names for the letters below are from the Royal Spanish Academy, which is attempting to standardize the letter names across all Spanish-speaking regions for the sake of communicative simplicity. The Z can sound like the TH in “theta” or the S in “sierra” depending on where it’s being spoken. The G, for example, can sound like the G in “gate” or the H in “health.” There are also regional differences. There are also some Spanish letters that perform double duty in terms of pronunciation. The Spanish alphabet, known as el alfabeto or el abecedario in Spanish, only has one letter that the English alphabet doesn’t contain: That is the ñ, which is pronounced like the Y in the English word “canyon.” This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that you Spanish is written with the same 26 Latin letters as we use in the English alphabet, plus Ñ for a total of 27 letters.Īfter you read this post, you’ll be able to identify and pronounce each of the 27 Spanish letters, and you’ll be given detailed instructions on how to say them, with examples and notes for each letter. So after learning English, reading and writing in Spanish is going to be a relative breeze. If you’re reading this, that means you have at least a passing mastery of one of the most foul spelling systems ever conceived-that of the English language, with strange and nonsensical spellings like “through,” “knee” and “indict.” I guarantee you won’t break a sweat while learning the Spanish alphabet. DecemMaster the Letters and Sounds of the Spanish Alphabet (Audio Included)
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