Alphabet
The Latgalian language uses an alphabet with 35 letters. Its orthography is similar to Latvian orthography, but has two additional letters: y represents the phoneme ), which is absent in standard Latvian. The letter ō survives from the pre-1957 Latvian orthography.
| Upper case | Lower case | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| A | a | |
| Ā | ā | |
| B | b | |
| C | c | |
| Č | č | |
| D | d | |
| E | e | |
| Ē | ē | |
| F | f | |
| G | g | |
| Ģ | ģ | |
| H | h | |
| I | i | |
| Y | y | |
| Ī | ī | |
| J | j | |
| K | k | |
| Ķ | ķ | |
| L | l | |
| Ļ | ļ | |
| M | m | |
| N | n | |
| Ņ | ņ | |
| O | o | |
| Ō | ō | |
| P | p | |
| R | r | |
| S | s | |
| Š | š | |
| T | t | |
| U | u | |
| Ū | ū | |
| V | v | |
| Z | z | |
| Ž | ž |
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