TheGalician alphabet is used for writing theGalician language. According to the modern and official standard, it has 23letters and 6digraphs. The extraneous letters⟨j⟩,⟨k⟩,⟨w⟩ and⟨y⟩ are sporadically found in foreign words, abbreviations and international symbols.
As inPortuguese and unlike inSpanish, Galician letter names are of masculinegrammatical gender.[1]
| Letter | Name | Pronunciation | Phonemic values |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | a | /a/ | /a/ |
| B | be | /be/ | /b/ |
| C | ce | /θe/ | /θ/ (+e,i; /s/ inseseo zones) /k/ (+a,o,u) |
| D | de | /de/ | /d/ |
| E | e | /ɛ/ | /e/, /ɛ/ |
| F | efe | /ˈɛfe̝/ | /f/ |
| G | gue | /ɡe/ | /ɡ/ (/x/ ingheada zones) |
| H | hache | /ˈat͡ʃe̝/ | silent |
| I | i | /i/ | /i/, /j/ |
| L | ele | /ˈɛle̝/ | /l/ |
| M | eme | /ˈɛme̝/ | /m/ |
| N | ene | /ˈɛne̝/ | /n/ |
| Ñ | eñe | /ˈɛɲe̝/ | /ɲ/ |
| O | o | /ɔ/ | /o/, /ɔ/ |
| P | pe | /pe/ | /p/ |
| Q | que | /ke/ | /k/ |
| R | erre | /ˈɛre̝/ | /r/, /ɾ/ |
| S | ese | /ˈɛse̝/ | /s/ |
| T | te | /te/ | /t/ |
| U | u | /u/ | /u/, /w/ |
| V | uve | /ˈuβe̝/ | /b/ |
| X | xe | /ʃe/ | /ʃ/, /ks/ |
| Z | zeta | /ˈθeta̝/ | /θ/ (/s/ inseseo zones) |
| Digraph | Name | Phonemic values |
|---|---|---|
| ch | ce hache | /tʃ/ |
| gu | gue u | /g/ |
| ll | ele dobre | /ʎ/ |
| nh | ene hache | /ŋ/ |
| qu | que u | /k/ |
| rr | erre dobre | /r/ |
TheMedieval Galician alphabet, still used today by advocates ofreintegrationism, featured the additional letters⟨j⟩ /ʃ/ and⟨ç⟩ /θ/ (or /s/ in areas withsigmatism) as well as the digraphs⟨lh⟩ /ʎ/,⟨nh⟩ /ɲ/ and⟨ss⟩ /s/.