| LETTER | NAME OF THE LETTER | EXAMPLE IN SPANISH | EXAMPLE IN ENGLISH |
| A | ah | Padre/papa | Father |
| B | beh | Bota | Boot |
| C | seh | c = k before the following three vowels: a, o, u Casa, Cosa, Cuna ============================= c = s before the following two vowels: e, i Septiembre Similar | Khaki Koala Kudos ======= September Similar |
| CH | Che | It is pronounced like the English ch. Che | Churro Church |
| D | deh | Donar | Donate |
| E | eh | Elefante | Elephant |
| F | ehfeh | Fabuloso | Fabulous |
| G | heh | g = g in “gap” before the following three vowels: a, o, u Galante ================= g = h in ”honey” before the following two vowels: e, i General Girasol | Gap ============= Home |
| H | ahcheh | The “h” is always completely silent. | |
| I | (ee) | Iguana | Iguana |
| J | hota | Jabón | J is pronounced like h as in hey! |
| K | kah | Kilo | Kilo |
| L | ehleh | Lenguaje | Language |
| LL | ehyeh | Llave | ll is pronounced like y as in yes! |
| M | ehmeh | Madre | Mother |
| N | ehneh | No | No |
| Ñ | It is pronounced like the “ny” combination in the word canyon. | Cañon | Canyon |
| O | oh | Original | Original |
| P | peh | Poem | Poema |
| Q | coo | q is pronounced like k (u is silent after q as in que ) | Kenia |
| R | ehreh | Vocabulario | Vocabulary |
| RR | ehrreh | Rosa (is strongly pronounced) | Rose |
| S | ehseh | Saturno | Saturn |
| T | teh | Teléfono | telephone |
| U | Oo (like in book) | Bueno | Book |
| V | veh | vista | view |
| W | dohbleh veh dohbleh Oo | Washington | The “w” is a letter borrowed from English and is found only in words borrowed from other languages. Washington |
| X | ehkees | Examen | Exam |
| Y | ee-gri-eh-gah | Hoy When y is at the end of the word is pronounce like i in machine. =============== Ya when y is at the beginning of the word, it functions as a consonant and sounds like the y in English. | machine ========== Yellow |
| Z | se-ta | z = s Zapato | sit |