Appendix:Letters/Italian
Letters
[edit]- (Latin script) Aa, Àà, Áá, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Èè, Éé, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Ìì, Íí, Îî, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Òò, Óó, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Ùù, Úú, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz
Letter names
[edit]- Aa: a, Bb: bi, Cc: ci, Dd: di, Ee: e, Ff: effe, Gg: gi, Hh: acca, Ii: i, Jj: i lunga, Kk: cappa, Ll: elle, Mm: emme, Nn: enne, Oo: o, Pp: pi, Qq: cu, Rr: erre, Ss: esse, Tt: ti, Uu: u, Vv: vi, Ww: vu doppia, Xx: ics, Zz: zeta
Pronunciation
[edit]See Appendix:Italian pronunciation.
Letters in loanwords from Russian
[edit]In transliterations of proper nouns from Russian, additionally the letters Čč (Чч), Ëë (Ёё), Ėė (Ээ), Šš (Шш), Žž (Жж) are used.
| letters used in Russian | А | Б | В | Г | Д | Е | Ё | Ж | З | И | Й | К | Л | М | Н | О | П | Р | С | Т | У | Ф | Х | Ч | Ц | Ш | Щ | Ъ | Ы | Ь | Э | Ю | Я |
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| а | б | в | г | д | е | ё | ж | з | и | й | к | л | м | н | о | п | р | с | т | у | ф | х | ч | ц | ш | щ | ъ | ы | ь | э | ю | я | |
| standard transliteration into Italian | A | B | V | G | D | E | Ë | Ž | Z | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | F | H | Č | C | Š | Šč | " | Y | ' | Ė | Ju | Ja |
| a | b | v | g | d | e | ë | ž | z | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | r | s | t | u | f | h | č | c | š | šč | " | y | ' | ė | ju | ja |
Examples of Russian proper nouns and their transliterations into Italian:
- Со́чи (Sóči)/Soči (“Sochi”),
- Чайко́вский (Čajkóvskij)/Čajkovskij (“Tchaikovsky”),
- Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский (Pjotr Ilʹíč Čajkóvskij)/Pëtr Il'ič Čajkovskij (“Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky”),
- Шостако́вич (Šostakóvič)/Šostakovič (“Shostakovich”),
- Дми́трий Дми́триевич Шостако́вич (Dmítrij Dmítrijevič Šostakóvič)/Dmitrij Dmitrievič Šostakovič (“Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich”),
- Виктор Михайлович Жданов (Viktor Mixajlovič Ždanov)/Viktor Mihajlovič Ždanov (“Viktor Mikhailovich Zhdanov”),
- Константи́н Эдуа́рдович Циолко́вский (Konstantín Eduárdovič Ciolkóvskij)/Konstantin Ėduardovič Ciolkovskij (“Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky”),
- Родио́н Константи́нович Щедри́н (Rodión Konstantínovič Ščedrín)/Rodion Konstantinovič Ščedrin (“Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin”),
- Никола́й Ива́нович Рыжко́в (Nikoláj Ivánovič Ryžkóv)/Nikolaj Ivanovič Ryžkov (“Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov”),
- Алексе́й Ива́нович Ры́ков (Alekséj Ivánovič Rýkov)/Aleksej Ivanovič Rykov (“Alexei Ivanovich Rykov”),
- Ли́дия Мухта́ровна Юсу́пова (Lídija Muxtárovna Jusúpova)/Lidija Muhtarovna Jusupova (“Lidia Muhtarovna Yusupova”).
Other rare letters
[edit]The Italian language has three letters found in only one noun each:
- ü is found only in the common noun würstel (“frankfurter/wiener/Vienna sausage/hotdog when used as a topping for pizza”) (with orthophonetic pronunciations IPA(key): [ˈvwyr.stel], [ˈvwyr.stɛl])
- æ and Ø are found only in the toponym Fær Øer (“Faroe Islands (archipelago and political entity)”) (with orthophonetic pronunciations IPA(key): [ˈfær ˌɵ.er], [ˈfær ˌɘ.er], [ˈfær ˌø.er])
Most ethnic (chiefly from non-Italic non-Hellenic non-Germanic non-Slavic non-Uralic non-Semitic languages) proper nouns, language nouns, and language adjectives are untranslated and, therefore, may contain other rare letters.