The Interlingua Alphabet

		The Interlingua Alphabet
Letter	Name	Sound	As in
Aa	ah	a	cat
Bb	bay	b	boy
Cc	say	c	car, before e or i like zz in pizza or c in city
Dd	day	d	dog
Ee	ay	e	hey
Ff	eff	f	find
Gg	gay	g	officially like Go in all situations except words ending in -age, but optionally before e or i like j
Hh	hasha	h	hi
Ii	ee	i	machine
Jj	jotta	j	s in pleasure
Kk	kah	k	king
Ll	ell	l	love
Mm	emm	m	man
Nn	enn	n	now
Oo	oh	o	obey
Pp	pay	p	put
Qq	koo	qu	quick, in one syllable words just k
Rr	err	r	trilled
Ss	ess	s	soft, between vowels like s in cousin
Tt	tay	t	tea
Uu	oo	u	o in who
Vv	vay	v	very
Ww	doopla vay	w	way
Xx	eeks	x	example
Yy	eepsilon or ee greck	y	yes or pretty
Zz	zed or zeta	z	zebra

Consonant Clusters
cc	cc in	accent
ch	ch in	Christ or enchanté and more rarely chest
ph	is like	f
th	is just	t

Le Numeros The Numbers
0	zero
1	un
2	duo
3	tres
4	quatro
5	cinque
6	sex
7	septe
8	octo
9	nove
10	dece
11	dece-un
12	dece-duo
13	dece-tres
14	dece-quatro
15	dece-cinque
16	dece-sex
17	dece-septe
18	dece-octo
19	dece-nove
20	vinti
21	vinti-un
22	vinti-duo
25	vinti-cinque
30	trenta
40	quaranta
50	cinquanta
60	sexanta
70	septanta
80	octanta
90	novanta
100	cento
101	cento un
102	cento duo
121	cento vinti-un
150	cento cinquanta
200	duo centos
201	duo centos un
300	tres centos
381	tres centos octanta-un
1000	mille
1001	mille un
1995	dece-nove centos novanta-cinque
1962	dece-nove centos sexanta-duo
2000	duo milles
1.000.000	million
1.000.000.000	milliardo
1.000.000.000.000	billion
1.000.000.000.000.000	billiardo
1.000.000.000.000.000.000	trillion