Italian Alphabet

To learn Italian language, Alphabets are the main part of language learning. Here you learn Italian alphabet/Italian letter. If you are interested to learn Italian language, this place will help you to learn Italian alphabet/character in Italian and their pronunciation in English. Language is a communication tool in which knowledge, emotions and feeling convey to others. To learn Italian language, first we learn Italian alphabets and then learn Italian alphabets with words and images and their pronunciation in English. Common vocabulary is one of the important sections. Common Vocabulary contains common words that we can used in daily life conversations.

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Italian alphabet are called Alfabeto italiano. Italian vowels are known as vocali and Italian consonants are known as consonanti. Italian alphabet is under a Romance language family. Italian language speaks in Italy over 65 million speakers to communicates their language around the world. Italian alphabet has 21 letters contains 5 vowels and 16 consonants as shown in below table and their pronunciation in English.

Italian Vowels

Italian vowels are known as vocali. Italian letters have 5 vowels. Here we learn Italian vowels and their pronunciation in English.

VOWELS - vocali

Capital Letter	Small Letter	Pronunciation
A	a	a
E	e	e
I	i	i
O	o	o
U	u	u

Italian Consonants

Italian consonants are known as consonanti. Italian letters have 16 consonants. Here we learn Italian consonants and their pronunciation in English.

CONSONANTS - consonanti

Capital Letter	Small Letter	Pronunciation
B	b	bi
C	c	ci
D	d	di
F	f	effe
G	g	gi
H	h	ache
L	l	elle
M	m	emme
N	n	enne
P	p	pi
Q	q	cu
R	r	erre
S	s	esse
T	t	ti
V	v	vi
Z	z	zeta

Foreign consonants / Loanwords

Loanword means letter adopted from one language into another language without translation. Some of the Latin letters are not used in Italian alphabets, which are not part of the proper alphabet these all just appear only in loanwords (rare letters), which are named as foreign consonants / loanwords as shown below,

ITALIAN CONSONANTS
Foreign consonants / Loanwords

Capital	Small	Pronunciation
J	j	jeh
K	k	kah
W	w	weh
X	x	ix
Y	y	yi

All Italian alphabets

ITALIAN ALPHABETS

Capital	Small	Pronunciation
A	a	a
B	b	bi
C	c	ci
D	d	di
E	e	e
F	f	effe
G	g	gi
H	h	ache
I	i	i
L	l	elle
M	m	emme
N	n	enne
O	o	o
P	p	pi
Q	q	cu
R	r	erre
S	s	esse
T	t	ti
U	u	u
V	v	vi
Z	z	zeta

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Top 1000 Italian words

Here you learn top 1000 Italian words, that is separated into sections to learn easily (Simple words, Easy words, Medium words, Hard Words, Advanced Words). These words are very important in daily life conversations, basic level words are very helpful for beginners. All words have Italian meanings with transliteration.

Eat	mangiare
All	Tutto
New	nuovo
Snore	russare
Fast	veloce
Help	aiuto
Pain	dolore
Rain	piovere
Pride	orgoglio
Sense	senso
Large	di grandi dimensioni
Skill	abilità
Panic	panico
Thank	grazie
Desire	desiderio
Woman	donna
Hungry	Affamato

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Daily use Italian Sentences

Here you learn top Italian sentences, these sentences are very important in daily life conversations, and basic-level sentences are very helpful for beginners. All sentences have Italian meanings with transliteration.

Good morning	Buongiorno
What is your name	Come ti chiami
What is your problem	Qual è il tuo problema?
I hate you	ti odio
I love you	ti amo
Can I help you	posso aiutarla?
I am sorry	mi dispiace
I want to sleep	Voglio dormire
This is very important	Questo è molto importante
Are you hungry	hai fame?
How is your life	com'è la tua vita?
I am going to study	sto per studiare