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THE ESPERANTO ALPHABET (WITH PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION).

The Esperanto Alphabet has 28 letters--23 consonants, 5 vowels:--

Characters. | Name and English Pronunciation. | Phonetics
| | used.
| |
------------+---------------------------------------------+-----------
A, a | (ah) like _a_ in _father_ or _pa_; as |
| _patro_ (pah'troh). In unaccented syllables |
| it should not be dwelt upon, and in all |
| cases it should be pronounced quite purely, |
| without the slight drawling _r_-sound which |
| is sometimes added to the corresponding |
| vowel in English | ah
| |
B, b | (bo) as in English | b
| |
C, c | (tsoh) like _ts_ in _gets_, _hits_, and |
| never as in English; as _caro_ (tsah'roh) | ts
| |
CX, cx | (cho) like _ch_ in _church_; as _cxasi_ |
| (chah'see) | ch
| |
D, d | (do) as in English, but with tip of tongue |
| placed on back of teeth instead of on front |
| ridge of roof of mouth | d
| |
E, e | (eh) like _e_ in _bend_ pronounced broadly, |
| or _a_ in _hate_ shortly pronounced, but |
| quite pure, entirely without the slight |
| drawling _ee_-sound often heard after the |