Welsh orthography

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Welsh orthography uses 29 letters (including eight digraphs) of the Latin script to write native Welsh words as well as established loanwords.^[1]^[2]

Majuscule forms (also called uppercase or capital letters)
A	B	C	CH	D	DD	E	F	FF	G	NG	H	I	J	L	LL	M	N	O	P	PH	R	RH	S	T	TH	U	W	Y
Titlecase forms
A	B	C	Ch	D	Dd	E	F	Ff	G	Ng	H	I	J	L	Ll	M	N	O	P	Ph	R	Rh	S	T	Th	U	W	Y
Minuscule forms (also called lowercase or small letters)
a	b	c	ch	d	dd	e	f	ff	g	ng	h	i	j	l	ll	m	n	o	p	ph	r	rh	s	t	th	u	w	y

Welsh orthography makes use of multiple diacritics, which are primarily used on vowels, namely the acute accent (acen ddyrchafedig), the grave accent (acen ddisgynedig), the circumflex (acen grom, to bach, or hirnod) and the diaeresis (didolnod). They are considered variants of their base letter, i.e. they are not alphabetised separately. The Welsh alphabet also lacks ⟨K⟩ (ce, [keː]), ⟨Q⟩ (ciw, [kɪu̯]), ⟨V⟩ (fi, [viː]), ⟨X⟩ (ecs, [ɛks]), and ⟨Z⟩ (sèd, [sɛd]/[zɛd]).^[3]

^ "Yr Wyddor Gymraeg/The Welsh Alphabet". Retrieved 4 March 2015.
^ "Alphabets". Retrieved 30 May 2017.
^ https://www.chelmsfordwelsh.org.uk/alphabet.html#:~:text=The%20letters%20J%2C%20K%2C%20Q,%2C%20ph%2C%20rh%20and%20th.

[1] "Yr Wyddor Gymraeg/The Welsh Alphabet". Retrieved 4 March 2015.

[2] "Alphabets". Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[3] ttps://www.chelmsfordwelsh.org.uk/alphabet.html#:~:text=The%20letters%20J%2C%20K%2C%20Q,%2C%20ph%2C%20rh%20and%20th.

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