Italian alphabet letters: There are twenty-one letters in the Italian alphabet: sixteen consonants (b-c-d-f-g-h-l-m-n-p-q-r-s-t-v-z) and five vowels (a-o-u-i-e).
Here is a table with each letter’s name and an example.
| Lettera maiuscola (Uppercase letter) | Lettera minuscola (Lowercase letter) | Nomi delle lettere (Name of the letter) | Esempio (Example) |
| A | a | a (ah) | Ape (Bee) |
| B | b | bi (bee) | Balena (Whale) |
| C | c | ci (chee) | Cinema (Cinema) |
| D | d | di (dee) | Delfino (Dolphin) |
| E | e | e (eh) | Elefante (Elephant) |
| F | f | effe (ehf-feh) | Farfalla (Butterfly) |
| G | g | gi (jee) | Giraffa (Giraffe) |
| H | h | acca (ahk-kah) | Hyena (Hyena) |
| I | i | i (ee) | Ippopotamo (Hippopotamus) |
| L | l | elle (ehl-leh) | Leone (Lion) |
| M | m | emme (ehm-meh) | Maiale (Pig) |
| N | n | enne (ehn-neh) | Nido (Nest) |
| O | o | o (o) | Orso (Bear) |
| P | p | pi (pee) | Pappagallo (Parot) |
| Q | q | cu (koo) | Quaglia (Quail) |
| R | r | erre (ehr-reh) | Rana (Frog) |
| S | s | esse (ehs-seh) | Squalo (Shark) |
| T | t | ti (tee) | Topo (Mouse) |
| U | u | u (oo) | Upupa (Hoopoe) |
| V | v | vu/vi (voo) | Vipera (Vipera) |
| Z | z | zeta (tseh-tah) | Zanzara (Mosquito) |
The following letters are used to transcribe foreign words and are not part of the Italian alphabet.
| Lettera maiuscola (Uppercase letter) | Lettera minuscola (Lowercase letter) | Nomi delle lettere (Name of the letter) | Esempio (Example) |
| J | j | i lunga (Ee- loongah) | Jazz |
| K | k | cappa (kappa) | Kiwi |
| W | w | doppia vu (Doh-ppeeah voo) | Web |
| X | x | ics (Eeks) | Xilofono (Xylophone) |
| Y | y | ipsilon i greca (Eeps-loh-n) (Ee-greh-kah) | Yacht |