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The Latvian alphabet

A a : u   sound in   fun
Ā ā : a   sound in   father
B b : b   sound in   bat
C c : ts   sound in   bits
Č č : ch   sound in   chat
D d : d   sound in   dog
E e : e   sound in   red
Ē ē : ai   sound in   pair
F f : f   sound in   far
G g : g   sound in   gap
Ģ ģ : dy   sound in   duel
H h : h   sound in   hot
I i : i   sound in   fit
Ī ī : ee   sound in   bee
J j : y   sound in   yes
K k : k   sound in   kit
Ķ ķ : tu   sound in   tune
 
L l : l   sound in   lip
Ļ ļ :     sound like  'lli'  in   colliery
M m : m   sound in   mat
N n : n   sound in   nut
Ņ ņ : ny   sound like  'n'  in   onion
O o : o   sound in   hot
P p : p   sound in   pin
R r : r   sound in   rat   (often rolled)
S s : s   sound in   sun
Š š : sh   sound in   ship
T t : t   sound in   top
U u : u   sound in   push
Ū ū : oo   sound in   fool
V v : v   sound in   vat
Z z : z   sound in   zip
Ž ž : zh   sound like  's'  in   treasure
  Qq, Ww, Xx, Yy   in foreign words only

The Latvian alphabet as defined on this web page

<META> character set: UTF-8
<FONT> primary font face: unspecified (CSS defaults to arial)
  special characters: enter as ampersand, hash, 3-digit number, semi-colon:
Capital A, macron = &#256;
Small a, macron = &#257;
Capital C, caron = &#268;
Small c, caron = &#269;
Capital E, macron = &#274;
Small e, macron = &#275;
Capital G, cedilla = &#290;
Small g, cedilla = &#291;
Capital I, macron = &#298;
Small i, macron = &#299;
Capital K, cedilla = &#310;
Small k, cedilla = &#311;
Capital L, cedilla = &#315;
Small l, cedilla = &#316;
Capital N, cedilla = &#325;
Small n, cedilla = &#326;
Capital S, caron = &#352;
Small s, caron = &#353;
Capital U, macron = &#362;
Small u, macron = &#363;
Capital Z, caron = &#381;
Small z, caron = &#382;