The Italian Alphabet consists of 21 letters, as indicated below

NB There are 26 in all if we include the 5 foreign letters jkwxy

Here are the letters of the Italian Alphabet, broken down as they are in Italy

A B C D E F G H I L M N O P Q R S T U V Z

a bi ci di e effe gi acca i elle emme enne o pi cu erre esse ti u vu zeta

★ NB: V can be pronounced in 2 ways = vi/vu
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The foreign Letters in the Italian Alphabet

J i lunga

K cappa

W doppia vu

X ics

Y ipsilon (i greca)

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CLICK on the LINK to practice the Italian Alphabet with me and a little more
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You’ll find more than just the alphabet here but for today, focus on the letters of the alphabet
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★ Other Useful resources

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Now that you have familiarised yourself with the alphabet, revise the essentials – practice makes perfect 🙂

ALPHABET which opens in a different window   ▬►  CLICK on this link to access the ALPHABET

LEARN as you PLAY   ▬► Have some fun learning the vocabulary in different ways – CLICK to access 

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▬► Learn the Italian spelling

▬► TEST YOURSELF

▬► GAME- Make everything disappear – Drag corresponding items onto each other to make them disappear.

▬► SPACE RACE – Instructions -Destroy the scrolling words by typing in their corresponding term and pressing enter. You may destroy them in any order, but make sure they don’t scroll past the screen.

a like altitude, as in Anna a [ah] b like band, as in bacio bi [bee] c [‘ke] like kite as in caro: [ch] like in cheap as in ciao ci [chee] d like date, as in Dante di [dee] e like met, as in metto** e [e (short)] f like fan, as in Franco effe [effey] g like guy as in gatto; like jet as in gelato*** gi [gee] h like haricot as in hanno acca [akkah] i like eel, as in il i [ee] * j like jogging, as in jogging i lunga [ee loonga] * k like kiwi, as in kiwi kappa [kappah] l like Luke, as in Luca elle [elley] m like mine, as in mio emme [emmey] n like nice, as in penne** enne [enney] o like old, as in ora o [owe] p like pest, as in pesto pi [pee] q like squat, as in quattro qu [koo] r like Robert, as in Roberto erre [errey] s like saint, as in santo esse [essey] t like Tom, as in Tommaso ti [tee] u like in booze, as Luca u [oo] v like vine, as in vino vu [voo] w like wafer, as in wafer doppia vu [doppia voo] x like ix, as in six ix [eex] y like yoga, as in yoga i greca [ee greca] z like zebra, as in zaino zeta [zeytah]