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Cyphernaut - Italian Alphabet

Italian is a Romance language that is related to French, Portuguese and Spanish. Italian has about 65 million native speakers and about 110 million total speakers worldwide. It the official language of Italy, San Marino, and Vatican City. It is also one of the official languages of Switzerland. Italian is considered to be the closest to Latin of the Romance Languages.

This is a guide for learning the Italian alphabet. The Italian alphabet uses the Latin alphabet and consists of 21 consonants and 5 vowels. Vowels are indicated with a reddish tint. Vowels with acute accent marks (á, é, í, ó, ú) usually indicate that the syllable is stressed when it normally wouldn't be. In Italian, the default stress is on the next to last syllable.

l'alfabeto italiano
А:а a a in father vowel	B:b bi b in bet	C:c ci c in cat when before e or i pronounced like ch in chat	D:d di d in dog	E:e e e in egg vowel
F:f effe f in fill	G:g gi g in get when before e or i pronounced like g in genie; gn pronounced like ny in canyon	H:h acca h in ghost h is silent	I:i ee ee in see vowel	J:j i lunga j in jet mostly seen in foreign words
K:k kappa k in kit mostly seen in foreign words	L:l elle l in let	M:m emme m in met	N:n enne n in net	O:o o o in open vowel
P:p pi p in pan	Q:q cu qu in quest	R:r erre r in roof r is slightly rolled	S:s esse s in see pronounced as z between vowels	T:t ti t in tip
U:u u u in mule vowel	V:v vu v in vest	W:w doppia vu w in west mostly seen in foreign words	X:x ics x in fax mostly seen in foreign words	Y:y ipsilon y in yes mostly seen in foreign words
Z:z zeta ts in cats also pronounced as dz