Could I get a list of the letters of the Latin Alphabet and each letter’s pronunciation (id est: a=ah,b=beh, etc.), or a link to a page with audio files of letter pronunciation? I would greatly appreciate it because I have yet to find any page on the internet with it listed.
are you learning from a textbook? if so, there should be a page or two to guide your pronounciation. If not, you can look at the grammars posted here on the site.
I am talking about how to pronounce letters as if you are “singing” the alphabet the way the Romans would have. The textbook I am using shows only how to pronounce the letters when used in words.
ohh!!! I see. I think the grammar Allen & Greenough tells you that, in the first page.
http://www.orbilat.com/Languages/Latin/Grammar/Latin-Pronunciation-Syllable-Accent.html has a little on the alphabet.
I think this page is correct, but beware they don’t mention the tricky pronunciation of qu which is the same as if it were spelt cu.
always? I know that equus can be written as ecus, but I thought that in words like aqua, the u was pronounced as a consonant.
What’s your source?
Just curious…
Ingrid.
No, not at all! Just the name of the Letter is pronounced “coo” or Latine “cu”, even though it is spelt qu.
OK, I misunderstood
Ingrid