Just like in the English alphabets, the Spanish alphabet consists of only 5 vowels letters.
All Spanish consonant sounds exist in English, except for the Ññ (eh ni eh) sound. With this additional consonant there are 22 consonant sounds in Spanish. Many consonants have the same sound found in English. The following table shows all the consonants and help you pronounce them.
In Spanish, accent marks, also known as `tildes`, are important. The use of accent completely changes the meaning of the word. To give you an example, más means more whereas mas means but.
Once we know and follow the rule of accent marks in Spanish, they are easy to learn.
Digits in Spanish are written same as in English. However, it is spelled differently. Table below shows how to write and pronounce digits in Spanish.
The Spanish language has few special characters that are only found in Spanish keyboards. For example, inverted question mark (¿), inverted exclamation point (¡), feminine ordinal indicator (e. g. la primera = 1ª) and masculine ordinal indicator (e.g. el priemro = 1º).
Below are few additional special characters:
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