Galician alphabet


The Galician alphabet is used for writing the Galician language. According to the modern and official standard, it has 23 letters and 6 digraphs. The extraneous letters,, and are sporadically found in foreign words, abbreviations and international symbols.
As in Portuguese and unlike in Spanish, Galician letter names are of masculine grammatical gender.
LetterNamePronunciationPhonemic values
Aa/a//a/
Bbe/be//b/
Cce/θe//θ/
/k/
Dde/de//d/
Ee/ɛ//e/, /ɛ/
Fefe/ˈɛfe̝//f/
Ggue/ɡe//ɡ/
Hhache/ˈat͡ʃe̝/silent
Ii/i//i/, /j/
Lele/ˈɛle̝//l/
Meme/ˈɛme̝//m/
Nene/ˈɛne̝//n/
Ñeñe/ˈɛɲe̝//ɲ/
Oo/ɔ//o/, /ɔ/
Ppe/pe//p/
Qque/ke//k/
Rerre/ˈɛre̝//r/, /ɾ/
Sese/ˈɛse̝//s/
Tte/te//t/
Uu/u//u/, /w/
Vuve/ˈuβe̝//b/
Xxe/ʃe//ʃ/, /ks/
Zzeta/ˈθeta̝//θ/

DigraphNamePhonemic values
chce hache/tʃ/
gugue u/g/
llele dobre/ʎ/
nhene hache/ŋ/
quque u/k/
rrerre dobre/r/

The Medieval Galician alphabet, still used today by advocates of reintegrationism, featured the additional letters /ʃ/ and /θ/ as well as the digraphs /ʎ/, /ɲ/ and /s/.