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ALPHABET
J, K, W, X and Y are not native to the Italian language. You will
only see these letters in imported words. Below are the words used
for clarification when spelling something out.
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How do you spell it?
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A like Ancona, b like Bari
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Come si scrive?
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A come Ancona, b come Bari
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komay see skreevay
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a komay an-kona bee komay ba-ree
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A
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a
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Ancona
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an-kona
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B
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bee
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Bari
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ba-ree
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C
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chee
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Como
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komo
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D
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dee
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Domodossola
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domo-dos-sola
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E
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ay
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Empoli
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em-polee
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F
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ef-fe
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Firenze
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fee-rentsay
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G
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jee
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Genova
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je-nova
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H
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ak-ka
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Hotel
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o-tel
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I
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ee
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Imola
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ee-mola
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L
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el-le
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Livorno
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lee-vorno
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M
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em-me
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Milano
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mee-lano
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N
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en-ne
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Napoli
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na-polee
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O
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o
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Otranto
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o-tranto
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P
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pee
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Palermo
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pa-layrmo
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Q
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koo
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Quarto
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kwar-to
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R
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er-re
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Roma
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ro-ma
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S
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es-se
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Savona
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sa-vona
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T
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tee
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Torino
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to-reeno
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U
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oo
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Udine
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oo-deenay
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V
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voo
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Venezia
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vay-nayt-see-a
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Z
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dze-ta
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Zara
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dzara
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J
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ee loon-ga
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K
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kap-pa
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W
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dop-pyo voo
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X
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eex
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Y
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ee gre-ka
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