Alisian/Lessons/Alphabet

Alisian is based on the Latin alphabet (also called the Roman alphabet), and there are twenty-six (26) letters. Originally there were twenty-five (25) letters, with 'W' being added by the early-nineteenth century. Unlike the English, who call it a "double-u," the Alisians use "way" (spelled we). Also, "K"(ke) was added in the late-nineteenth century. Before Know and Was were used in foreign words but officially became part of the alphabet in 1919. That lead to the evolution of ch from /k/ to


 * 20 Consonants (Consonnenti): B C D F G H J K L M N P Q R S T V W X Z
 * 6 Vowels (Vowelli): A E I O U Y

Also, the Alisians uses several accents: grave accents (à, è, ì, ò and ù), circumflex (â, ê, î, ô, and û), tremmo (Alisian for dieresis) (ä, ë, ï, ö,  and ü), and the tilde (ã and õ) is applied on vowels. Two combined letters (called orthographic ligatures) are used: æ and œ. On consonants, the acute accent (ń and ź) and the cedille (cedilla in Alician) (ç, ģ, and ş).