< Catalan
The Catalan alphabet consists of twenty-six basic letters. All comparisons to English assume a General American pronunciation.
| Letter | IPA | Name | English comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| A a | /a/ or /ə/ | a | a in father when stressed; a in about otherwise (schwa) |
| B b | /b/, /p/ | be or be alta | p as in pat the end of the word; b as in ball elsewhere, but softer |
| C c | /k/, /s/ | ce | c as in ceiling before e or i; k as in skate elsewhere |
| Ç ç | /s/ | ce trencada | c as in ceiling (not considered a basic letter) |
| D d | /d/, /t/ | de | t as in tile at the end of the word; th as in there elsewhere |
| E e | /e/, /ɛ/, /ə/ | e | e as in pencil or ai as in paint when stressed; a as in about otherwise (schwa) |
| F f | /f/ | efa | f as in feather |
| G g | /g/, /dʒ/ or /ʒ/ | ge | j as in jacket or s as in measure before e or i; g as in game elsewhere |
| H h | — | hac | silent |
| I i | /i/, /j/ | i or i llatina | y as in you before vowels; ea as in eat elsewhere |
| J j | /dʒ/ or /ʒ/ | jota | j as in jacket or s as in measure |
| K k | /k/ | ca | k as in skate; only used in foreign words |
| L l | /l/ | ela | l as in bell; always "dark" |
| M m | /m/ | ema | m as in mother |
| N n | /n/ | ena | n as in night |
| O o | /o/, /ɔ/, /u/ | o | o as in phone or o as in pore when stressed; oo as in racoon elsewhere |
| P p | /p/ | pe | p as in span |
| Q q | /k/ | cu | k as in skate; always before u/ü |
| R r | /r/, /ɾ/ | erra | fully trilled word-initially; t in bottle elsewhere |
| S s | /s/, /z/ | essa | z as in zipper between vowels; s as in sample elsewhere |
| T t | /t/ | te | t as in star |
| U u | /u/, /w/ | u | w as in water before vowels; oo as in loot elsewhere |
| V v | /v/ or /b/ | ve or ve baixa | v as in vine or b as in ball but softer |
| W w | /w/ | ve doble | w as in water |
| X x | /ʃ/, /ks/ | ics or xeix | sh as in ship; x as in taxi in some words |
| Y y | — | i grega | Only used in the digraph ny to represent /ɲ/ (roughly like canyon) |
| Z z | /z/ | zeta | z as in zipper |
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