The Esperanto Alphabet
Aa Bb Cc 

Dd Ee Ff Gg 
%1ń Hh $
%
Ii Jj 4
5
Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Rr Ss \
%5ń Tt Uu l
m
Vv Zz
Pronunciation
The vowels are pronounced (approximately):
A as in Aha!
E as in bEt
O as in Oh!
I as EE
U as OO
The consonants are pronounced (approximately):
C as TS 
as CH in CHeck
G as in Gag (i.e. hard) 
as G in Gem (i.e. soft)
$
as CH in BaCH
J as Y in Yes 4
as G in garaGe
R is  trilled
S as in So (voiceless) \
as SH in SHeep
l
as W in coW
The remaining consonants (bdfhklmnptvz) are pronounced exactly as in English.
The accent always falls on the second to last syllable of the word:
e.g. esperanto: es-pe-ran-to
kimono: ki-mo-no
Excercises
a afabla, agrabla, barata, anasa, frata, patra, klara, palata
e bela, letere, necese, legende, serene, vereme, beleta, estas
i imiti, insisti, inviti, dividi, skribi, ili, fiera, aviado
o honoro, kolombo, rozo, popolo, odoro, leono, bono, kohero
u suno, rulu, insultu, sur, murmuru, fluas, surtuto, brulu
aj ajn, fajro, rajto, ajlo, tajloro, rajdi, fajli, ri
aj
ej trejni, vejno, hejmo, plej, kuirejo, lernejo
oj sojlo, kojno, knaboj, konkoj, gargojlo, fojno
uj Anglujo, tuja, tiuj, rozujo, monujo
am
lam
bo, lam
ro, fram
lino, kam
zo, am
di, am
skulti
em
Em
ropo, nem
ralgio, nem
trala, rem
matismo, Em
karista
c laca, facila, cedi, cento, ofico, ciro, colo, unco


e,
ambro, ri
a, la
o, lun
o, paste
o, kapu
o
g longa, lango, ligi, grati, gento, gruo, granda
%1ń lar%1ńa, %1ńentila, %1ńardeno, %1ńis, re%1ńimo, %1ńiro
h haro, himno, histo, heredi, hardi, herbo, hurli
%
e%
o, mona%
o, %
imero
j jaro, Rejno, jes, juna, sinjoro, justa, jen
5
5
aluza, 5
eti, dol
a5
o, 5
urnalo, 5
ongli, 5
us
s sata, ses, sidi, sono, suverena, salti, sendi
%5ń %5ńatas, %5ńelo, %5ńildo, gro%5ńo, %5ńtupo, %5ńvitas