Latin pronunciation chart

1. How are Latin words pronounced?
2. How do you pronounce Õ?
3. How do you pronounce Ö?
4. How do you pronounce Ä?
5. Can you speak fluent Latin?
6. Can you truly speak Latin?
7. What is o in Latin?
8. Is o the same as o?
9. Is o the same as œ?
10. How is ß pronounced?
11. What is a ß in English?
12. What sound is ï?
13. How is the C pronounced in Latin?
14. Do you pronounce V in Latin?
15. Is the H silent in Latin?
16. Is g hard in Latin?
17. Is there Z in Latin?

How are Latin words pronounced?

Unlike in English, each Latin letter is almost always pronounced in a consistent way: C is always hard, as in "cat." cum (with) = koom. G is always hard, as in "goal." ago (I drive) = ah-go. S is always a voiceless "s" sound as in "snake." spuma (foam) = spoo-ma.

How do you pronounce Õ?

The sound [õ] is the cousin of the sound [o]. It is a nasal sound, a low-pitched sound. When you pronounce it, air comes out of both your mouth and nose. If it is difficult, you can start by saying [o] while pinching the bridge of your nose.

How do you pronounce Ö?

Ö = O-Umlaut

To pronounce “ö” as you should, you need to form your lips as in “o” first, and again imagine somebody pulling on your lips. We can compare it with when you say “her” in English. The sound between the letters “h” and “r” is the sound you need.

How do you pronounce Ä?

The short Ä is pronounced like the “e” in the word “bet” in English. It is like saying “eh”. The long Ä on the other hand is simply taking the short one and keeping the sound, so making it longer. It is like saying the “ay” in “say”.

Can you speak fluent Latin?

Is it possible to speak Latin fluently? Yes! Many people are not aware that Latin can be spoken fluently, similar to a modern language like English, French or German. Latin offers us all the words that we need to communicate in our everyday lives.

Can you truly speak Latin?

Today many ask if it's still possible to speak Latin and if people do speak it. Latin can be spoken and is spoken today, but this does not mean that it is used in the same manner as modern languages such as English or Spanish. Today, speaking Latin is mainly a tool for learning and teaching Latin.

What is o in Latin?

"Õ", or "õ" is a composition of the Latin letter O with the diacritic mark tilde.

Is o the same as o?

Ø is equivalent to the vowel and letter Ö in the Icelandic, Swedish, Estonian and Finnish alphabets and languages. The letter Ø is also used in the orthographies of some African languages such as Lendu spoken in Congo-Kinshasa and Koonzime spoken in Cameroon.

Is o the same as œ?

The letter o with umlaut (ö) appears in the German alphabet. It represents the umlauted form of o, resulting in [œ] or [ø]. The letter is often collated together with o in the German alphabet, but there are exceptions which collate it like oe or OE.

How is ß pronounced?

The German ligature (additional character): The letter ß, is also known as the "sharp S", "eszett" or "scharfes S", and is the only German letter that is not part of the Latin/Roman alphabet. The letter is pronounced (like the "s" in "see").

What is a ß in English?

The German letter ß is a ligature and is also called a “scharfes s” (sharp s). But it's simpler than it sounds–it actually just means “ss”. The best thing about this letter? It sounds exactly like the “s” sound in English!

What sound is ï?

What sound does i make in French? The French letter 'I' is pronounced more or less like the 'EE' in "fee," but without the Y sound at the end. An 'I' with an accent circonflexe, î or tréma, ï, is pronounced the same way. This is also true for the letter 'Y' when it's used as a vowel in French.

How is the C pronounced in Latin?

c is pronounced k: cantus (kahn-toos). cc before e, i, y, ae, oe is pronounced tch: ecce (eht-cheh). ch is pronounced k: cherubim (keh-roo-beem). g before e, i, y, ae, oe is soft (as in gel): genitum (jeh-nee-toom); otherwise, g is hard (as in go): gaudeamus (gah-oo-deh-ah-moos).

Do you pronounce V in Latin?

There is no "v" sound as in English in ordinary Latin. In Ecclesiastical Latin, the dialect spoken by Catholic clergy, however, V is pronounced "v" as in English (or more realistically, Italian). Ecclesiastical Latin has a number of other pronunciation differences, but it's not technically different in any other way.

Is the H silent in Latin?

The H sound in Latin is very weak. It is in fact often silent. Some choirs learn to pronounce it as a K sound in words like Mihi, or Nihil, but we will not be learning that in this book. J does not make anything close to the sound that English J makes.

Is g hard in Latin?

G: The letter g, as in Latin words like agis and genū, is likewise always hard, and never soft as in the English word “giraffe.” I: The letter i, although typically a vowel, can also sometimes work like a consonant.

Is there Z in Latin?

Z (or z) is the 26th and last letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.