L – el-lay X – ache-ees LL – ay-yea Y – ee-gree-ay-gah M – em-may Z – say-tah
**There are 30 letters in the Spanish alphabet.
**There are four extra letters in the Spanish alphabet.
CH
LL
Ñ
RR **The “j” is always an “h” sound, like in English.
**The “h” is always silent.
**The “Ll” makes a “y” sound.
**The “v” and “w” when pronounced make a muffled “b” sound. For beginning Spanish, you can pronounce the “v” as “vay”, but be aware that in many Spanish speaking countries, it is pronounced similar to the letter “b”.