English Alphabet
1. The English alphabet consists of 26 letters.
2. Each letter has an uppercase (“capital letter”) and a lowercase (“small letter”) form.
3. Five of the letters in the English Alphabet are vowels : A, E, I, O, U.
4. The remaining 21 letters are consonants : B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, X, Z and usually W & Y.
5. Until fairly recently (until 1835), the 27th letter of the alphabet (right after z) was the ampersand (&).
6. The English Alphabet is based on the Latin script, which is the basic set of letters common to the various alphabets originating from the classical Latin alphabet.
7. There are 44 sounds in English: 24 consonant sounds + 20 vowel sounds (total 44).
8. In British English we say “Z” as Zed.
9. In American English we say “Z” as Zee.
10. The English word “alphabet” comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet : alpha, beta.
11. The letters don’t always represent the same sounds of English.
English Alphabets with Pronunciation
| S No. | Capital Letter | Small Letter | Pronunciation | Name |
| 1 | A | a | /eɪ/, [æ] | a |
| 2 | B | b | /bi:/ | bee |
| 3 | C | c | /si:/ | cee |
| 4 | D | d | /di:/ | dee |
| 5 | E | e | /i:/ | e |
| 6 | F | f | /ɛf/ | ef |
| 7 | G | g | /dʒiː/ | gee |
| 8 | H | h | /heɪtʃ/ | (h) aitch |
| 9 | I | i | /aɪ/ | i |
| 10 | J | j | /dʒeɪ/ | jay |
| 11 | K | k | /keɪ/ | kay |
| 12 | L | l | /ɛl/ | el |
| 13 | M | m | /ɛm/ | em |
| 14 | N | n | /ɛn/ | en |
| 15 | O | o | /oʊ/ | o |
| 16 | P | p | /piː/ | pee |
| 17 | Q | q | /ˈkjuː/ | cue |
| 18 | R | r | /ɑːr/ | ar |
| 19 | S | s | /ɛs/ | ess |
| 20 | T | t | /tiː/ | tee |
| 21 | U | u | /juː/ | u |
| 22 | V | v | /viː/ | vee |
| 23 | W | w | /ˈdʌbəl.juː/ | double_u |
| 24 | X | x | /ɛks/ | ex |
| 25 | Y | y | /waɪ/ | wy |
| 26 | Z | z | /zed/, /zi/ | zed/zee |
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