Albanian alphabet and pronunciation

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Below are the 36 letters of the Albanian alphabet and their pronunciation:

Letter - Pronunciation
A, a - far
B, b - boot
C, c - tsunami (like German z, Zitrone, akzeptieren)
Ç, ç - chat
D, d - band
Dh, dh - there
E, e - enter
Ë, ë - abuse, burn
F, f - flee
G, g - gulf
Gj, gj - join (soft g, no English equivalent, close to German g, zwanzig, richtig)
H, h - hotel
I, i - kiss
J, j - yawn, New York
K, k - keep
L, l - leave
Ll, ll - hill
M, m - mingle
N, n - no
Nj, nj - new (like Spanish ñ, el niño)
O, o - over, call
P, p - pencil
Q, q - mature (soft ch, no English equivalent, close to German ch, ich, nicht)
R, r - read
Rr, rr - borrow (strong r, like German rr, Herr)
S, s - sun
Sh, sh - shoot
T, t - rent
Th, th - thin
U, u - do, food
V, v - view
X, x - dz (close to hands)
Xh, xh - Geneva, just
Y, y - (no English equivalent, like German ü, tschüss, über)
Z, z - zoo
Zh, zh - pleasure

The alphabet for Albanian was standardized in 1909 in the city of Manastir (today in Macedonia).

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