The current Spanish alphabet
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According to him Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (DRAE), the alphabet is the "set of symbols used in certain communication systems". The etymological origin of the word alphabet comes from the union of the first two symbols that make up the Greek alphabet: alpha and beta. Another term used to refer to this graphic system is the word alphabet, whose name derives from the first four letters of the same: a, be, ce and de. Many have been the changes, additions and exclusions of letters to which the Spanish alphabet has been subjected throughout different times. From a teacher we will study the current spanish alphabet.
The current Spanish alphabet is composed of 27 letters. However it was not always so. Formerly, within the Spanish alphabet 5 digraphs were included, that is, each of the two-letter sequences used to represent a single sound. For example, "ny" in Catalan or "ou" in French. The digraphs of the Castilian alphabet were the following: "ch", "gu", "ll", "qu" and "rr".
However, in the latest modifications carried out by the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE), these digraphs are excluded from the alphabet because they are not properly letters but they are small graphic groupings. In this way, only those simple signs are taken into account within the alphabet, that is, represented only by one letter and not by combinations of two spellings.
On the other hand, it is essential that you bear in mind that, despite the fact that digraphs are no longer part of the current Spanish alphabet, these continue to be used within the written system of the Castilian language as they have done so far, they are simply no longer constituents of the Spanish alphabet.
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As we have said before, the current Spanish alphabet is made up of 27 letters. Below we show you the complete alphabet with each of its letters in uppercase and lowercase, accompanied by its name:
- A, to: to
- B, b: be
- C, c: EC
- D, d: from
- E, e: and
- F, f: efe
- G, g: ge
- H H: hatchet
- I, i: i
- J, j: jot
- K, k: ka
- L, l: ele
- M, m: eme
- N, n: Jan
- Ñ, ñ: Jan
- Or, or: or
- P, p: pe
- Q, q: cu
- R, r: err
- Yes, yes: that
- T, t: you
- U, u: or
- V, v: uve
- W, w: Double Vee
- X, x: x
- And, and: ye
- Z, z: zeta
In relation to the denomination of each of the letters that make up the current spanish alphabet the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) recommends using a single name for each letter, without considering other names to be erroneous. Thus, it is established that:
- The letter "v" it is preferable that it be called uve to the detriment of go in order to avoid confusing it with the letter "b" (called be).
- The letter "w", which has names as different as double ve, double ve, double unite, double ve Y double U, it would be called Double Vee for reasons of consistency with the name uve, set for the letter "v".
- The letter Y" traditionally known as I greek Front of i latin (written "i"). However, today, the RAE recommends, for reasons of linguistic simplicity, the name of ye, a term coined at the end of the 19th century that follows the denominative pattern of the rest of the consonants of the alphabet (be, ce, de, etc.). In this way, the letter "i" would be called simply i without adding the adjective latin to differentiate it from ye.
