1. Italian Alphabet and Pronunciation

Italian alphabet is consist of 5 vowels and 16 consonants.

* The letters J (I lunga), K (cappa), W (doppia V), X (ics) and Y (ipsilon) are used for loanwords only.
* If you don't know IPA, click here!

◎ Pronounce C and G

Let's read Italian Alphabet! :D

There are several sounds was not mentioned in the video:

◎ Gn-

- The sound of gn is similar to ni [^|nj]in onion [^|ʌnjən].

ex) bagno [ba'njo]

◎ Gli-

- The sound of gli is similar to the lli[lj] inmillion[^|mɪljən].

Follow the lovely video :)

- In addition, at the begging of the word, gli is pronounced as three separate letters.


◎ S
- S has two ways of pronunciations: voiced and unvoiced.
If it comes to before a voiced constant it is voiced /z/,
and it is unvoiced /s/ if it comes to before an unvoiced constant and vowels.

◎ Z
- Z also has two pronunciations: voiced /dz/ and unvoiced /ts/.
Follow the table :)

◎ H
- H doesn't have sounds like Spanish.



I found a nice site for hearing pronunciations. ☞ Click!
If you cannot understand or confused to pronounce letters, it must be helpful.