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ALPHABETS IN SPANISH - Los Alfabetos en Español
In Spanish language there are 27 letters which have their own special names. The alphabets in Spanish are just same as English with one extra letter ,the letter ‘ñ’. Spanish people use these Spanish names all the time while spelling words out. If someone wants to learn alphabets in Spanish and their names, the fastest way will be by learning how they sound like, that too in your language. Let’s learn Spanish Alphabets( El Abecedario ) and what they sound like in Hindi and English.
In Spanish language there are 27 letters which have their own special names. The alphabets are just same as English with one extra letter ,the letter ‘ñ’. Spanish people use these Spanish names all the time while spelling words out.
If someone wants to learn Spanish alphabets and their names, the fastest way will be by learning how they sound like, that too in your language. Let’s learn Spanish alphabets ( El Abecedario ) and what they sound like in Hindi and English.
Below you will find out the Spanish alphabets, their Spanish names & pronunciation of those names, their sound and Spanish example words with its pronunciation.
Spanish Alphabets and Their Spanish Name
Note :
· The letters of the Spanish alphabets are always feminine. For eg: la eme (M), la ese (S).
· Most of Latin American countries do not differentiate between ‘v’ from ‘b’ in terms of pronunciation, both sound like ‘b’ in ‘ball’. For eg: Beso (kiss) , Vaso (glass) have sound b , beh-soh and bah-soh.
· Most of Latin American countries do not differentiate between ‘z’ from ‘s’ in terms of pronunciation, both sound like ‘s’ in ‘basket’.
· The letter H is not silent after the letter C. This combination CH is now considered a sound, but it was considered letter before. CH is basically the same as in English words such as “cheque”. Some Spanish words that consists ‘ch’ are leche(milk), ducha(shower), lechuga(lettuce), chocolate(chocolate).
· The letter ‘J (jota)’ is always pronounced as letter ‘h, ह’. For example: jarra (pitcher) will be pronounced as hah-rrah. And the letter G(Ge) before the letter e and i is also pronounced the same as the letter h. For example: Genio (genie) pronounced as heh-nee-oh and gimnasia (gymnastics) as him-nah-siah.
· Letter Y(I griega) can be a consonant or a vowel: It is a vowel when it comes without other vowels tú y yo and we pronounce it like the vowel. It is a consonant when comes with other vowels (like in yo) and it is the same as in “yellow”.
· LL, the sound is the same as Y. Llave (key) is pronounced as yah-beh.