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The Dutch alphabet
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English version by Bieneke Berendsen :: other languages
We will start from scratch: The Dutch alphabet contains the same 26 letters as the English alphabet. Click on a letter to hear what the letter sounds like or listen to the whole alphabet at once: This is a sound file, which will open your media player.The Dutch alphabet.

The alphabet song is a great way to memorize the Dutch alphabet. Listen to This is a sound file, which will open your media player.Het ABC-lied by six year old Robin [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z, wie doet er mee? Dit zijn de letters van het alfabet. Wie zingt er mee van a tot z]

a b c d e
[a] [be] [se] [de] [e]
f g h i j
[ɛf] [ɣe] [ha] [i] [je]
k l m n o
[ka] [ɛɫ] [ɛm] [ɛn] [o]
p q r s t
[pe] [ky] [ɛɾ] [ɛs] [te]
u v w x y
[y] [ve] [ʋe] [ɪks] [ɛi]
z
[zɛt]
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