Alphabet

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Catalan is written with an amplified variety of the Latin alphabet, consistiing of 27 letters:
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Letter
A a
B b
C c
Ç ç
D d
E e
F f
G g
H h
Name
a
be
ce
ce trencada
de
e
efa
ge
hac
Phonetic Value
[a], []
[b], [ß], [p]
[s], [k]
[s]
[ð], [t]
[], [e], []
[f]
[g], [k],
[], [t]
[...]
 
    
Letter
I i
J j
K k
L l
M m
N n 
O o
P p
Q q
Name
i
jota
ka
ela
ema
ena
o
pe
cu
Phonetic Value
[i], [y], [j]
[]
[k]
[l]
[m]
[n]
[], [o],
[u]
[p]
[k]
 
    
Letter
R r
S s
T t
U u
V v
W w
X x
Y y
Z z
Name
erra
essa
te
u
ve baixa
ve doble
ics, xeix
i grega
zeta
Phonetic Value
[], [],
[...]
[s], [z]
[t]
[u], [...]
[b], [ß]
 [w]
 [], [gz], [ks]
 [j]
 [z]
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See the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
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Catalan orthography uses acute and grave accents (as in é and è), dieresis (as in ï) and a few letter combinations (gu, ig, ix, ll, ny, qu, rr, ss, tg, tj, ts, tx and tz) for some specific sounds.
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The letters -- K, W and Y -- are used in names and words of foreign origin.
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