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Albanian Alphabet

Lesson 1
  Albanian language is spelled more or less phonetically. Each letter has a specific sound that doesn't change in the context, making its reading and writing rather easy. As a rule, Albanian spelling corresponds to the pronunciation of words quite directly. The alphabet has 36 letters, 29 consonants and 7 vowels.

A a    [a] father / anije (ship)
 
B b    [b] boy / babai (father)
 
C c    [ts] cats / copë (piece)
 
Ç ç    [t∫] charm /çantë (bag)
 
D d    D d door / derë (door)
 
Dh dh    [ð] they / dhomë (room)
 
E e    [ε] estuary / era (wind)
 
Ë ë    [ə] around / hëna (moon)
 
F f    [ƒ] foot / flamur (flag)
 
G g    [g] ground / goca (girl)
 
Gj gj    [dg] dodge / mëngjes (morning)
 
H h    [h] hotel / hotel (hotel)
 
I i    [i] interest / interesi (interest)
 
J j    [j] yesterday / jeta (life)
 
K k    [k] come / këmba (foot, leg)
 
L l    [l] little / lule (flower)
 
Ll ll    [l] fall, call / llampa (lamp)
 
M m    [m] morning / motër (sister)
 
N n    [n] noon / nëna (mother)
 
Nj nj    [η] new / një (one)
 
O o    [o] all, or ora (hour)
 
P p    [p] party / punë (work)
 
Q q    [ch] chair / qeni (dog)
 
R r    [r] remember / radio (radio)
 
Rr rr    [r] as highly trilled ..in Spanish burro / kurrë (never)
 
S s    [s] sister / seminari (seminar)
 
Sh sh    [∫] shall / shumë (many)
 
T t    [t] table / tavolina (table)
 
Th th    [θ] thank you / thoni (speak)
 
U u    [u] cook, foot / ura (bridge)
 
V v    [v] very / vera (wine)
 
X x    [dz] adze / xixë (spark)
 
Xh xh    [dj] joke xhaxha (uncle)
 
Y y    [y]---- ylli (star)
 
Z z    [z] zoo, zero / zogu (bird)
 
ZH zh    [zh] pleasure / zhurmë (noise)
 



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