The Lebanese Alphabet compared to other alphabets: Italian, Arabic, Phoenician, and Syriac
[last updated in February 2023 - in english
[ * ] The table below only compares letters of the Alphabet. There are letter combinations in Italian that hold phonetic sounds that correspond to letters in the Lebanese Alphabet. The Lebanese Č corresponds to the fricative form of the Italian "SC" combination.
[ ** ] In the Italian column, the "g" letter refers to the plosive consonant not the affricate.
[***] In Italian, the H is the voiceless pharyngeal fricative, which is written but not pronounced in Italian.
In order to stress/elongate a vowel in Lebanese, we add a stress/accent on the vowels: á é í ó ú.