Albanian alphabet
The Albanian alphabet (Albanian: abetarja shqipe) is a variant of the Latin alphabet used to write the Albanian language. It consists of 36 letters representing all the phonemes of Standard Albanian:
| Capital letters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A | B | C | Ç | D | Dh | E | Ë | F | G | Gj | H | I | J | K | L | Ll | M | N | Nj | O | P | Q | R | Rr | S | Sh | T | Th | U | V | X | Xh | Y | Z | Zh | |
| Lower case letters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| a | b | c | ç | d | dh | e | ë | f | g | gj | h | i | j | k | l | ll | m | n | nj | o | p | q | r | rr | s | sh | t | th | u | v | x | xh | y | z | zh | |
| IPA value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| a | b | ts | tʃ | d | ð | e | ə | f | ɡ | ɟ | h | i | j | k | l̪ | ɫ | m | n | ɲ | o | p | c | ɾ | r | s | ʃ | t | θ | u | v | dz | dʒ | y | z | ʒ | |
The vowels are shown in bold.
The letters are named simply by their sounds, followed by ë for consonants (e.g. shë). ⓘ to the pronunciation of the 36 letters.