Wikibooks: Icelandic/Alphabet and Pronunciation

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Icelandic contents Stafróf og framburður Alphabet and pronunciation The Icelandic alphabet consists of 32 letters. There are also three letters only used for foreign words and one deleted letter (which is sometimes still used only for foreign words). The Icelandic language uses the latin alphabet which is the same as the English alphabet and most Western European languages. There are some letters that are not found in English and even some letters that only Icelandic uses. Íslenska stafrófið [[thumb right 450px The Icelandic .]] {{Listen filename=Is Icelandic alphabet.oga title=Icelandic alphabet description=An Icelandic speaker reciting the alphabet in Icelandic format=[[ ! Upper case !! Lower case !! Name А а a Á á á death B b bé D d dé Ð ð eð E e e É é é F f eff G g gé H h há I i i Í í í J j joð K k ká L l ell M m emm N n enn O o o Ó ó ó P p pé R r err S s ess T t té U u u Ú ú ú V v vaff X x ex Y y y Ý ý ý Þ þ þorn Æ æ æ Ö ö ö } Letters C Q and W are not part of the Icelandic alphabet but are used in foreign words The final letter Z no longer appears in Icelandic words as of 1973 and therefore is no longer used in the Icelandic language either. However it is still technically used only in very rare cases preserved in historic names of structures organizations and the like such as Verzló (a school in Reykjavík). And words that once contained the letter Z nowadays contain the letter S . With the exception of letters C Q and W these letters do appear in the Icelandic language in foreign words unlike the deleted letter Z which only appears in very rare cases in foreign words and therefore are also used more often than the deleted letter is. Until 1980 the Icelandic alphabet used to consist of 36 letters and also included the 3 letters that are only used for foreign words and the deleted letter (which is still technically only used for foreign words but very rarely) (and computers still order this way) A Á B C D Ð E É F G H I Í J K L M N O Ó P Q R S T U Ú V W X ...