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J,K,W,X, and Y?

The Italian alphabet has 21 letters; the 5 missing are the title of this post.

As we know the English language has 26 letters and 45 sounds which 20 are just for the vowels (impossible to replicate if you are not autochtone.)

The Italian language has 5 vowels and 7 sounds and today I want to focus your attention on the letter "A".

In Italian it has the same sound like the "A"of the English word "Father".(Think of words like "Milano", "Amico", "PIzza, and "Amore").

So one letter (A), one sound.


That's it for today with these super boring technicalities..


See you soon with some fun stuff.


Pier.

 
 
 

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