Basque alphabet
The Basque alphabet is a Latin alphabet used to write the Basque language. It has 27 letters.
List of letters
Letter | Basque name | Pronunciation |
---|---|---|
A | a | /a/ |
B | be | /b/ |
C | ze* (and its variant Ç ze hautsia*) | /s/, /k/ |
D | de | /d/, /d̪/, /ð/ |
E | e | /e/ |
F | efe | /f/ |
G | ge | /g/, /ɣ/ |
H | hatxe | ∅, /h/ |
I | i | /i/, /i̭/ |
J | jota | /j/, /x/, /ʝ/, /ɟ/ |
K | ka | /k/ |
L | ele | /l/ |
M | eme | /m/ |
N | ene | /n/ |
Ñ | eñe | /ɲ/ |
O | o | /o/ |
P | pe | /p/ |
Q | ku* | /k/ |
R | erre | /r/, /ɾ/ |
S | ese | /s̺/ |
T | te | /t/, /t̪/ |
U | u | /u/, /u̯/ |
V | uve* | /b/, /β/ |
W | uve bikoitza* | /u̯/ |
X | ixa | /ʃ/ |
Y | i grekoa* | /i/, /i̭/ |
Z | zeta | /s̻/ |
* Although letters C, Ç, Q, V, W, and Y are not used in writing traditional Basque words, they are in the Basque alphabet for writing words from other languages. |
Other websites
- Basque language – English Pen Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
- The Basque Alphabet