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The following Italian tutorial was written by a soon to be graduate student in linguistics named Jennifer Wagner, who runs a fantastic website called Indo-European Languages - ielanguages.com. We thank her for generously allowing us to post her work here! |
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2. Italian Pronunciation
| Italian Letter(s) | English Sound |
| a | ah |
| e | eh |
| i | ee |
| o | oh |
| u | oo |
| ai | eye |
| au | ow |
| ei | ay |
| ia | yah |
| ie | yeh |
| io | yoh |
| iu | yoo |
| ua | wah |
| ue | weh |
| uo | woh |
| ui | wee |
| ci or ce | ch |
| gi or ge | zh |
| sci | sh |
| sch | sk |
| aia | ah-yah |
| aio | ah-yoh |
| iei | ee-yay |
| uio | oo-yoh |
| uoi | oo-oy |
| ch | k |
| h | silent |
| r | trilled |
Note: Italian is a very phonetic language, so pronunciation is very easy. Most words are pronounced exactly like they are spelled.
