Today I will teach you the Swahili alphabet. If you follow everything provided in this page, you will be able to read, write and pronounce the Swahili letters quickly and easily. I'm providing the sound so that you can hear the pronunciation of the characters. Swahili contains 26 letters (consonants and vowels). Below you will find the letters, the pronunciation and sound.
| A a | [a] like cat |
| E e | [e] like egg |
| I i | [ee] like eat |
| O o | [o] like off |
| U u | [oo] like cool |
| B b | [b] like bat |
| C c | [] found in CH |
| D d | [d] like day |
| F f | [f] like fly |
| G g | [g] like give |
| H h | [h] like hit |
| J j | [j] like jump |
| K k | [k] like kite |
| L l | [l] like love |
| M m | [m] like man |
| N n | [n] like not |
| P p | [p] like pea |
| R r | [r] like ring |
| S s | [s] like smile |
| T t | [t] like time |
| V v | [v] like victory |
| W w | [w] like will |
| Y y | [y] like you |
| Z z | [z] like zoo |
| CH ch | [ch] like chat |
| DH dh | [th] like there |
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