Spanish Alphabet
When you ask the people about English alphabet, you might get the answer of the 26 alphabets, pr maybe they’ll sing the ABC song for you. But when you ask the Spanish speaker about the Spanish alphabets or you can say "abecedario" , you might get different answers depending on their regions.

Let's continue with Part 2 of the Spanish alphabet!

LETTER		LETTER NAME	PRONUNCIATION TIPS			EXAMPLE
o		o	oh		Like the o in English word "no".	Oso (Bear)
p		pe	peh		Sounds like the p in English.	Perro (Dog)
q		cu	koo		Q is always followed by u and sounds like the coo in English word “cool”.	Queso (Cheese)
r		ere	eh - rreh		Like the r in English word “razor”. When two r appear together, they are trilled.	Recogedor (Dustpan) Carro (Car)
s		ese	eh - seh		Sounds like the s in English.	Soleado (Sunny)
t		te	teh		Sounds like the t in English.	Toalla (Towel)
u		u	oo		Like the oo in English word "food".	Uniforme (Uniform)
v		uve ve corta ve chica ve baja	oo - beh beh kohr - tah beh chee - kah beh bah - hah		Sounds like the oo in Spanish.	Vaso (Glass)
w		uve doble doble uve doble ve doble u	oo - beh doh - bleh doh - bleh oo - beh doh - bleh beh doh - bleh oo		This letter is not native to Spanish, but sounds similar to English w.	Whisky (Whiskey)
x		equis	eh - kees		Sounds like the ks in English word “locks”. In places or person’s name, the x can be pronounced as English "h", "s" or sh".	Xilófono (Xylophone) México (Mexico)
y		ye i griega	ee ee gryeh - gah		Sounds like the y in English. When y appears at the end of the word, it is pronounced as i in English word “this”. In some cases, it is pronounced j in English depending on the region.	Yoyó (Yoyo) Tú y yo (You and I)
z		zeta	theh - tah		Sounds like the th in English word "thick".	Zorro (Fox)

Spanish Vowels
The basic vowels in Spanish are easy to learn. However, there are different combinations of vowels and each of them has unique pronunciation.

Basic Vowels
Spanish has a total of 5 vowels same as the English ones. But, their pronunciation may be different, let's learn together!

VOWEL		PRONUNCIATION	EXAMPLE
a		ah	hola
e		eh	feo
i		ee	si
o		oh	sábado
u		oo	julio

TIPS
For the vowel o in Spanish, we pronounce it in a different way than in English. Vowel o in English is pronounced as "owh", while in Spanish, it is pronounced as "oh", which is shorter.