Today I will teach you the Yiddish alphabet. If you follow everything provided in this page, you will be able to read, write and pronounce the Yiddish letters quickly and easily. I'm providing the sound so that you can hear the pronunciation of the characters. Yiddish contains 26 letters (consonants and vowels). Below you will find the letters, the pronunciation and sound.
| א | [a] like act |
| ב | [b] like bat |
| ג | [g] like gold |
| ד | [d] like day |
| ה | [h] like hat |
| ו | [v] like vest |
| ז | [z] like zoo |
| ח | [h] like Hans |
| ט | [t] like town |
| י | [y] like year |
| ך | [k] like neck |
| כ | [k] like kit |
| ל | [l] like light |
| ם | [m] like home |
| מ | [m] like moon |
| ן | [n] like man |
| נ | [n] like nice |
| ס | [s] like sweet |
| ע | [‘a] none |
| ף | [p] like loop |
| פ | [p] like pony |
| ץ | [ts] like cats |
| צ | [ts] like cats |
| ק | [qu] like queen |
| ר | [r] like room |
| ש | [sh] like show |
| ת | [t] like team |
| ב | [b] like bank |
| כ | [k] like king |
| פּ | [p] like park |
| תּ | [t] like time |
| וּ | [u] like urge |
| ו | [v] like vast |
| אֽ | [a] like ask |
| אֿ | [a] like answer |
| שׁ | [sh] like shine |
| שׂ | [s] like small |
| וֹ | [o] like old |
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