Spoken by approximately 359 million native speakers, Spanish is an Ibero-Romance language; a sibling of Portuguese; and a cousin of French, Occitan, Catalan, Italian, Romanian, Aromanian, and Dalmation. This article lists the Spanish alphabet and Standard Spanish pronunciation.
- Orthography – Pronunciation
- A a – [a]
- B b – [be]
- C c – [se]
- Ch ch – [che]*
- D d – [de]
- E e – [e]
- F f – [efe]
- G g – [ge]
- H h – [hache]
- I i – [i]
- J j – [jota]
- K k – [ka]
- L l – [ele]
- Ll ll – [elle]*
- M m – [eme]
- N n – [ene]
- Ñ ñ – [eñe]
- O o – [o]
- P p – [pe]
- Q q – [ku]
- R r – [ere]
- S s – [ese]
- T t – [te]
- U u – [u]
- V v – [eve]
- W w – [doble ve]
- X x – [ekis]
- Y y – [i griega]
- Z z – [zeta]
To listen to a recording of the Spanish alphabet as pronounced by a native Spanish speaker, please refer to the Omniglot: Spanish (Español/Castellano) webpage.
*Some Spanish alphabets exclude ch and ll as separate letters.