The Esperanto Alphabet

The Esperanto Alphabet. Learn how to pronounce every letter in Esperanto. This is only a small part of a more comprehensive lesson on Esperanto pronunciation.
Here's the link to the full lesson: • Say ANY Esperanto word...

[@popepourrys]

Perfection. No long-winded intro, no "filler" content, just the letters of the Esperanto alphabet and how to say them. Thanks for this!

[@NopeNopeNope01]

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[@lapislazuli2644]

Ĵ → S in treasure Ŝ → S in sheep

[@TLA612ANI]

Ĥ sounds like خ in Arabic

[@N0T_KnowN]

Are you from Azerbaijan?

[@yassinemehdi7688]

Yes

[@aliakar025]

And ħ like ح

[@GrannyIsWatchingYou]

That language is useless

[@bentleyclark8651]

this is good. how long have you been practicing?

[@Sakura19883]

thank you, i want learning esperanto!

[@dainaneithardt2413]

When using the (u), can it palatalize the consonant before it like in commUnism or commUnity?

[@AmericanEsperantist]

No. The palletized "u" sound is achieved by the letter combination "ju", since "j" makes a y sound.

[@lapislazuli2644]

No. Every letter makes the exact same sound in every esperanto word. Every letter only has one sound tied to it. All of the sounds can be heared in this video.

[@mdsrlx]

What happened to W, X and Y?

[@FelipeAranaYT_13]

They were removed and replaced by Ŭ, Ĥ, and J

[@jeffw1267]

And "Q". There's no Q, but it can be replaced with "K".

[@Conecaf0596cat]

ABCĈDEFGĜHĤIJĴKLMNOPRSŜTUŬVZ

[@cathodegatoepileptico3012]

Cual es la diferencia de ^J y ^S 😢

[@yassinemehdi7688]

Ŝ is unvoiced, while Ĵ is voiced.

[@胡利奥]

"Ĵ" is like the J in french (your vocal cords vibrates when you pronounce it) and "Ŝ" is like the sound you do when you try to shut someone; "shhhh... 🤫" Or in words like sheep, shame, sharp, etc.

[@entropie138]

I’m learning Esperanto now and I really love it. I’m glad I know the alphabet now, but I have one issue with it. If you have to spell out something phonetically over the phone, a radio, or some other auditory media, you’d be hard-pressed to differentiate all of the consonants if they all are pronounced with ‘o’. ‘C’ and ‘S’ will sound nearly identical. You’d be like, “I’m sorry, did you mean ‘co’ (pronounced “tso”) or ‘so’?” I get that Esperanto was created for extreme facility, but the alphabet could have used some more work. I guess I can use what I learned in the military, with ‘Alpha’, ‘Bravo’, ‘Charlie’, and so on. Or I should say ‘Ĉarli’ rather.

[@wolnyczowiek8705]

It probably depends on what country you are from. I speak natively Polish and i don't have any problems with c and s and other letters but I see a huge problem with this two h. I find them both almost identical.

[@Faus4us_Official]

I7 c9n b3 r3₩3@/ed by the context of the surrounding letters. You can always ask for clarification, too.

[@Faus4us_Official]

I know the brevity codes like they are a second language lol

[@Angel-ye3kw]

Si hablas español igual que yo y tienes la duda de cual es la diferencia de pronunciacion entre la jx/h y la Sx/h es que Jx/h se pronuncia de manera vibrante como si trataras de hacer como abeja con la B,un Bbbbbjho,se siente el vibracion en los labios y garganta no? Pues ahi empieza la diferencia Y la Sx como diciendo "yo" en españa,osea "sho"

[@Ale404]

"Yo" se dice "sho" en Argentina, no en España. Además, no es difícil encontrar la diferencia entre "Ĵ" y "Ŝ". Edición: Argentina y Uruguay*

[@haydenmasters9439]

You don’t need the 3rd, 11th, 14th, or 24th letters

[@nataliabatista4908]

Ĉu merepati que szadiŝte alfabeto eŝperanti🎉

[@Corn_Time]

Can you do a video on telling and saying the time

[@Faus4us_Official]

Dankon multe! Mi estas komencanto.

[@N0T_KnowN]

Mi parolas İbrahim

[@howaidaelzein2573]

Deleted: Ŧ Þ ĸ Ł Q W X Y

[@chuan892]

What difference between S and C

[@AmericanEsperantist]

"C" is like "ts" pronounced as one single sound (with its own letter).

[@chuan892]

American Esperantist What about G^ & J^

[@AmericanEsperantist]

The letter "Ĝ" makes the sound of "J" in the English words "jacket", "jump" or "jelly". The letter "Ĵ" makes the sound of "s" in the word "treasure". If you watch the full lessons on my channel, then you will get a better explanation of everything. This is just a mini lesson, and it doesn't cover everything taught in the full lesson.

[@chuan892]

Dankon

[@jonahschannel5659]

Why havent you uploaded videos any more?

[@AmericanEsperantist]

+Jonah Bowling I have plans for future videos, but I am a student and I work during the summer. So it has been difficult to find time to record and edit videos.

[@wandererャboy]

underrated

[@sa1loi-w6]

"ŵŷl"

[@agawar6907]

What is the pronunciation difference between the normal "h" and the "h" with an arrow above it? Kio estas la prononcdiferenco inter la normala "h" kaj la "h" kun sago super ĝi?

[@BogusmanTheSwagman]

The normal h is a /h/ sound, like in the English words "hat" or "house". The "h with an arrow above it" is a /x/ sound (using the IPA here), like in the proper pronunciation of "dachshund" or in German words like "achtung". It can be a bit of a hard sound to get right, and some people are unable to make it.

[@FelipeAranaYT_13]

The h with an arrow is an Ĥĥ

[@lapislazuli2644]

H is /h/ in Hamburber Ĥ is /kh/ (no example in english)

[@artemshvets6807]

ŜŠ

[@lapislazuli2644]

Š is used in Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrian, ect. It makes the exact same sound as Ŝ That is S in Sheep