Hungarian Alphabet

Today I will teach you the Hungarian alphabet. If you follow everything provided in this page, you will be able to read, write and pronounce the Hungarian letters quickly and easily. I'm providing the sound so that you can hear the pronunciation of the characters. Hungarian contains 26 letters (consonants and vowels). Below you will find the letters, the pronunciation and sound.

A a	[ɒ] like call
Á á	[aː] like ink
B b	[b] like bat
C c	[ts] like cats
Cs cs	[tʃ] like chat
D d	[d] like deck
Dz dz	[dz] like kids
Dzs dzs	[dʒ] like jam
E e	[ɛ] like less
Ë ë	[e] like same
É é	[eː] like café
F f	[f] like find
G g	[ɡ] like get
Gy gy	[ɟ] like duke
H h	[h] like hi
I i	[i] like thick
Í í	[iː] like leak
J j	[j] like you
K k	[k] like key
L l	[l] like leak
Ly ly	[j] like hey
M m	[m] like mind
N n	[n] like noon
Ny ny	[ɲ] like new
O o	[o] like box
Ó ó	[oː] like go
Ö ö	[ø] like pool
Ő ő	[øː] like tool
P p	[p] like peas
Q q	[] like queue
R r	[r] like Roma
S s	[ʃ] like shy
Sz sz	[s] like say
T t	[t] like tell
Ty ty	[c] like stew
U u	[u] like rude
Ú ú	[uː] like do
Ü ü	[y] like urge
Ű ű	[yː] like
V v	[v] like very
W w	[v] like view
X x	[] like ox
Y y	[i] like year
Z z	[z] like zoo
Zs zs	[ʒ] like vision

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