Orthography
| Letter | Name | Phoneme |
|---|---|---|
| A, a | a | /a/ |
| B, b | be | /b/ |
| C, c | ce | /θ/, /k/ |
| D, d | de | /d/ |
| E, e | e | /e/ |
| F, f | efe | /f/ |
| G, g | gue | /ɡ/ |
| H, h | hache | -- |
| I, i | i | /i/ |
| L, l | ele | /l/ |
| M, m | eme | /m/ |
| N, n | ene | /n/ |
| Ñ, ñ | eñe | /ɲ/ |
| O, o | o | /o/ |
| P, p | pe | /p/ |
| R, r | erre | /r/, /ɾ/ |
| S, s | ese | /s/ |
| T, t | te | /t/ |
| U, u | u | /u/ |
| V | uve | /b/ |
| X | xe | /ʃ/ |
| Y | ye, i griega | /i/, /ʝ/ |
| Z | zeta, zeda, ceda | /θ/ |
Asturian also has several digraphs, some of which have their own names.
| Diagraph | Name | Phoneme |
|---|---|---|
| ch | che | /t͡ʃ/ |
| gu + e, i | -- | /ɡ/ |
| ll | elle | /ʎ/ |
| qu + e, i | cu | /k/ |
| rr | erre doble | /r/ |
| ts | (te ese) | /t͡s/ (dialectal) |
| yy | (ye doble) | /kʲ/ (dialectal) |
Furthermore, the letter h and the digraph ll can have their sound changed to represent dialectal pronunciation by underdotting the letters:
| Normal | Pronunciation | Dotted | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ll | /ʎ/ | ḷḷ | /t͡s/, /ɖʐ/, /ɖ/ and /ʈʂ/ |
| h | -- | ḥ | /h/, /x/ |
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