Questions tagged [letters]
Questions regarding letters used in the Italian alphabet
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Letter J in Italian
From what I know, the letter J in Italian only occurs in loanwords and proper names. However, I still see words with I often switched for a J (ex: Jodio instead of Iodio https://en.m.wiktionary.org/...
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Uso della E commerciale
Apparentemente in alcune lingue (e.g. il tedesco) è un errore grammaticale utilizzare la "e commerciale" (&) al posto della congiunzione coordinante e.
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What's the origin of /ʎ/ sound of "gli"?
Most of the current Italian pronunciation is retained from Ecclesiastical Latin, such as ce/ci, ge/gi, gn.
There's one sound, gli, that I can't find the origin of. Many words containing gli that, ...
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When and how did the letters E and I "swap", compared to other Romance languages?
I'm trying to understand how some words / word stems / prefixes and suffixes have a "swapped" E and I compared to other Romance languages, or (Vulgar) Latin.
First, but not the only, is the ...
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Proper form of addressing ecclesiastics in writing?
What is the proper form of addressing ecclesiastics (bishops, cardinals, superiors, sisters, et al.) when writing letters in Italian? How should such a letter be concluded?
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Silent letters in Italian
Which letters in which situations are silent? I read Italian orthography article but it does not complete (for example it does not mention silent i).
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Italian from 1600 - what is this letter "p" with a stroke?
I bought an old book in Italian. It's a collection of letters, published in 1600 in Venezia.
What is this strange letter (and word)? It's the first letter of the second word. It looks like a "p&...
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Perché si usava mettere un trattino sotto e sopra alcune vocali?
Qual è il significato del trattino visibile sotto e sopra ad alcune vocali di quella frase?
Perché la prima "E" di Venezia ha un trattino sopra ma la seconda "E" non lo ha?
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How do Italians customarily insert uppercase Italian vowels with diacritics with an Italian keyboard on a PC?
How do Italians typically resolve the issue of entering uppercase vowels with diacritics on a PC (Windows or Linux) with an Italian keyboard, given that these are missing from the printed text ...
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Esistono parole con la doppia 'q' in italiano?
Avevo sempre pensato che le lettere h & q fossero le uniche lettere italiane che non vengono raddoppiate come le altre consonanti.
Poi, di recente, mi sono accorto che esiste la parola 'soqquadro'...
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Usare la 'y' per modificare i cognomi
Noto una recente tendenza della stampa satirica a terminare in 'y' alcuni cognomi; per esempio, oggi leggevo Renzy per Renzi e Alfy per Alfano.
Sapreste dire quale sia l'origine di questa ...
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Does Italian language have letters for foreign sounds?
Some sounds don't exist in Italian, such as the Arabic sounds dad (ض), qaf (ق), or ain (ع).
Are there letters or syllables for these sounds?
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