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Catalan AlphabetThe Catalan alphabet comes from the Roman alphabet Today the official version has these letters: - A a /a/, /ə/
- B b /b/, /β/, /bb/
- C c /k/, /s/
- D d /d/, /δ/
- E e /e/, /ε/, /ə/
- F f /f/
- G g /g/, /γ/, /ʒ/, /ʝ/
- H h (mute letter)
- I i /i/, /j/
- J j /ʒ/
- K k (Only for foreign words) /k/
- L l /l/ /ɫ/
- M m /m/
- N n/n/,/ɱ/
- O o /o/, /u/, /ɔ/
- P p /p/, /pp/
- Q q /k/
- R r /r/, /ρ/
- S s /s/, /z/
- T t /t/
- U u /u/, /w/
- V v /v/, /b/, /β/
- W w (Only for foreign words) /w/, /b/ (e.g. web w but wter b)
- X x /ks/, /gz/, /ʃ/
- Y y (Only in the "ny" combination) doesn't exist alone
- Z z /z/
Note that usually Catalan has the rule one-letter-one-sound (but no one-sound-one-letter) but there are special combinations of letters with more sounds. The most importants are: ll (/λ/), ny (/ɲ/), ŀl or ela geminada /ɫɫ/, rr (/r/), ss (/s/). Digraphs rr and ss are used only between vowels. Note the existence of the character "ŀ" (l with dot) that is used to represent a sound but it is not considered a letter itself.
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