Alphabet - Alfabeto

The Esperanto Alphabet has 28 letters:

A B C Ĉ D E F G Ĝ H Ĥ I J Ĵ K L M N O P R S Ŝ T U Ŭ V Z

When saying the Esperanto Alphabet, add a 'long o' (ō) after each consonant:
A ah
B
C tsō
Ĉ chō
D
E eh (short e)
F
G
Ĝ
H
Ĥ hgō (like Scottish loch)
I ē (long e)
J
Ĵ zhō (like pleasure)
    
K
L
M
N
O ō
P
R rō (rolled R)
    
S
Ŝ shō
T
U oo (like root)
Ŭ
V
Z

There are 5 letters that have a circumflex (^) above them and one that has a breve (half circle with open end up) above it. To write these characters in HTML, use UTF-8 encoding:

Upper case
Ĉ Ĉ
Ĝ Ĝ
Ĥ Ĥ
Ĵ Ĵ
Ŝ Ŝ
Ŭ Ŭ
       Lower case
ĉ ĉ
ĝ ĝ
ĥ ĥ
ĵ ĵ
ŝ ŝ
ŭ ŭ

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