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The Italian alphabet


By clicking on the letter you can hear the Italian name of each letter of the alphabet and by clicking on the animal name you can hear that name. For the verbs describing the animal sounds go to Animal sounds. 
For metaphorical expressions using animals see Metafore animali.

 

A (a)
       armadillo  armadillo		 B (bi)
     bison - bisonte    bisonte		 C (ci)
      boar - cinghiale    cinghiale
D (di)
       dinosauro - dinosaur dinosauro		 E (e)
      elefante - elephant     elefante		 F (effe)
      farfalla - butterfly     farfalla
G (gi)
       giraffa - giraffe  giraffa		 I (i)
       ippopotamo - hyppo     ippopotamo		 L (elle)
      lion - leone     leone 
M (emme)
       pig - maiale  maiale		 N (enne)
       noctule - nottola    nottola		 O  (o)
      bear - orso     orso
P  (pi)
       pinguin - pinguino  pinguino		 Q (cu)
        quail - quaglia     quaglia		 R (erre)
       rhyno - rinoceronte   rinoceronte
S (esse)
       scorpio - scorpione  scorpione		 T (ti)
       tiger - tigre  tigre		 U (u)
       usignolo - nightingale  usignolo
V (vu)
       vison - visone  visone		 Z (zeta)
      zebra  zebra		  
H (acca) J (i lunga) K (cappa)
W (doppia vu) X (ics) Y (ipsilon)
The letters of the contemporary Italian alphabet are 21. Five are used today in foreign words (j, w, x, y and k). The sounds produced by the 21 letters are more numerous and are represented by the phonetic alphabet. 		 

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