The following tables show the Esperanto pronunciation. Each letter in the Esperanto alphabet, and each pair of letters representing a diphthong, is transliterated into English and the International Phonetic Alphabet. Zamenhof suggested Italian as the model for Esperanto pronunciation.
Single letters
| Letter | English | IPA
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| a | ah | [, ɑ]
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| b | b | [b]
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| c | ts | [ʦ]
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| ĉ | ch | [ʧ]
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| d | d | [d]
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| e | eh | [e, ɛ]
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| f | f | [f]
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| g | hard g (as in go) | [g]
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| ĝ | j | [ʤ]
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| h | h | [h]
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| ĥ | loch | [x]
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| i | ee | [i]
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| j | y | [j] (also [i̯] in diphthongs aj, ej, oj, uj)
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| ĵ | zh | [ʒ]
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| k | k | [k]
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| (but kz | x | [kz, gz])
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| l | l | [l]
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| m | m | [m]
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| n | n | [n]
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| o | oh | [o, ɔ]
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| p | p | [p]
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| r | r | [ɾ, r]
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| s | s | [s]
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| ŝ | sh | [ʃ]
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| t | t | [t]
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| u | oo | [u]
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| ŭ | – | [u̯] (only in diphthongs aŭ, eŭ)
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| v | v | [v, ʋ, w]
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| z | z | [z]
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Diphthongs
| Letters | English | IPA
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| aj | eye | [aɪ̯, ɑɪ̯]
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| aŭ | now | [aʊ̯]
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| ej | pain | [eɪ̯, ɛɪ̯]
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| eŭ | - | [eʊ̯, ɛʊ̯]
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| oj | toy | [oɪ̯, ɔɪ̯]
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| uj | booey | [uɪ̯]
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See also
