The Alphabet and Pronunciation of LatinThe Latin alphabet is just like the English, except there is no jor w.Vowels in Latin, just like in English, are either long or short.VOWELLong -Sounds like:Short –Sounds likeafatherideaeobeybetimachinehitonoteomituruleput* usounds like w when it folllows q, gand sometimes sDiphthongs are combinations of two vowels that are pronounced as one sound. There are six of these in Latin.DiphthongSounds like:aeeyeaunoweitheyeuay-oo pronounced togetheroejoyuiqueen
Consonants are pronounced like English with the following exceptions:cis always a hard sound and is pronounced like catit is never a soft sound like city. campusgis always a hard sound and is pronounced like get it is never a soft sound like gem. gaudiumchis pronounced like character pulcheri when it appears at the beginning of a word and is followed by a vowel or when it appearsin the middle of two vowels within a word is considered a consonant sound and is pronounced like yin youth Iuliuscuiusphis pronounced like an f Polyphemussis always soft as in suaveit never sounds like a zpersuadeovis pronounced like a w via