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THE ALPHABET.

The Swedish alphabet consists of the following twenty-eight letters (Bokstäfver) :—
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 * A, || called || ah, || pronounced || like a in father.
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 * B || align="center" | " || bey || align="center" | " || as in English.
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 * C || align="center" | " || sey || align="center" | " || in genuine Swedish words like k before a, o, u; and like s in words of foreign origin and when it stands before e, i, ä and y.
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 * D || align="center" | " || dey || align="center" | " || as in English.
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 * E || align="center" | " || eh || align="center" | " || like ai in laid, and like e in felt.
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 * F || align="center" | " || eff || align="center" | " || generally as in English, but like v at the end of words. It represents ph and φ.
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 * G || align="center" | " || yay || align="center" | " || like hard English g before l, r, t, a, o and u; like English y before e, j, ä, ö, y; before n it may take, with that letter, the sound of en, Fr.
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