The Italian alphabet is a variant of the Latin alphabet used by the Italian language.
| Letter | Name | IPA | Diacritics |
|---|---|---|---|
| A, a | a | /a/ | à |
| B, b | bi | /b/ | |
| C, c | ci | /k/ or /tʃ/ | |
| D, d | di | /d/ | |
| E, e | e | /e/ or /ɛ/ | è, é |
| F, f | effe | /f/ | |
| G, g | gi | /ɡ/ or /dʒ/ | |
| H, h | acca | ∅ silent | |
| I, i | i | /i/ or /j/ | ì, í, î |
| L, l | elle | /l/ | |
| M, m | emme | /m/ | |
| N, n | enne | /n/ | |
| O, o | o | /o/ or /ɔ/ | ò, ó |
| P, p | pi | /p/ | |
| Q, q | cu | /k/ | |
| R, r | erre | /r/ | |
| S, s | esse | /s/ or /z/ | |
| T, t | ti | /t/ | |
| U, u | u | /u/ or /w/ | ù, ú |
| V, v | vi or vu | /v/ | |
| Z, z | zeta | /ts/ or /dz/ |
Read more about Italian Alphabet: Vowels, C and G, Other Letters, Diacritics
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