Italian Alphabet: A, B, C, D…

The beginning of any foreign language learning path is always the alphabet. Here you are a fantastic video on the Italian alphabet from A to Z, associated to the most famous Italian cities. It’s very useful to take your first steps in the language and in its country.

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The Italian alphabet

The Italian alphabet consists of 5 vowels, 16 Italian consonants and 5 foreign consonants.

The vowels are: A – E – I – O – U

The Italian consonants are: B – C – D – F – G – H – L – M – N – P – Q – R – S – T – V – Z

The foreign consonants are: J – K – W – X – Y

Here you are all the letters of the Italian alphabet in order (associated to some of the most beautiful Italian cities; that’s very useful when you need to spell a word!):

Ancona

Bologna

Cagliari

Domodossola

Enna

Firenze

Genova

Hotel

Isernia

Livorno

Milano

Napoli

Ostuni

Palermo

Quarto

Roma (the capital of Italy!)

Sassari

Torino

Urbino

Venezia

Zagarolo

N.B. The foreign letters are only used in foreign words, therefore there are no Italian cities starting with a foreign consonant! Here you are some foreign words acquired by the Italian vocabulary: 

Jeans, Ketchup, Wurstel, Xbox, Yogurt

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