Editing Interlingua (section)

=== Interlingua alphabet ===
Interlingua uses the 26 letters of the [[ISO basic Latin alphabet]] with no [[diacritic]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.omniglot.com/writing/interlingua.htm|title=Interlingua Alphabet|website=Omniglot|access-date=2025-01-16}}</ref> The alphabet, pronunciation in [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] and letter names in Interlingua are:

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|+ Interlingua alphabet
! Number ||1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||12||13||14||15||16||17||18||19||20||21||22||23||24||25||26
|-
|''Letters ([[upper case]])''|| 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
|-
|''Letters ([[lower case]])''|| 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
|-
|''[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]''|| {{IPA link|a}} || {{IPA link|b}} || {{IPA link|k}}, {{IPA link|t͡s}}~{{IPA link|t͡ʃ}}{{efn|1=''c'' is pronounced {{IPAblink|t͡s}} (or optionally {{IPAblink|s}}) before ''e, i, y''.}}{{efn|1=''ch'' is pronounced {{IPA|/ʃ/}} in words of French origin e.g. {{Lang|ia|chef}} = {{IPA|/ʃef/|lang=ia}} meaning 'chief' or 'chef', {{IPA|/k/}} in words of Greek and Italian origin e.g. {{Lang|ia|choro}} = {{IPA|/koro/|lang=ia}} meaning 'chorus' and more rarely {{IPA|/t͡ʃ/}} in words of English or Spanish origin as in {{Lang|ia|Chile}} {{IPA|/t͡ʃile/|lang=ia}} (the country [[Chile]]). ''Ch'' may be pronounced either {{IPA|/t͡ʃ/}} or {{IPA|/ʃ/}} depending on the speaker in many cases e.g. {{Lang|ia|chocolate}} may be pronounced either {{IPA|/t͡ʃokolate/|lang=ia}} or {{IPA|/ʃokolate/|lang=ia}}.}}{{efn|1=There is no consensus on how to pronounce ''sc'' before ''e, i, y'', as in {{Lang|ia|scientia}} 'science', though {{IPA|[st͡s]}} is common.}} || {{IPA link|d}} || {{IPA link|e}} || {{IPA link|f}} || {{IPA link|ɡ}}{{efn|1=Unlike any of the Romance languages, ''g'' is {{IPA|/g/}} even before ''e, i, y'', but in ''-age'' it is {{IPA|/(d)ʒ/}} (i.e. like ''j''), as it is in several words of French origin such as {{Lang|ia|orange}} {{IPA|/oranʒe/|lang=ia}} and {{Lang|ia|mangiar}} {{IPA|/manʒar/|lang=ia}}}} || {{IPA link|h}}~{{IPA link|∅}} || {{IPA link|i}} || {{IPA link|ʒ}} || {{IPA link|k}} || {{IPA link|l}} || {{IPA link|m}} || {{IPA link|n}} || {{IPA link|o}} || {{IPA link|p}} || {{IPA link|k}}{{efn|1=''q'' only appears in the digraph ''qu'', which is pronounced {{IPA|[kw]}} (but {{bracket|[[Voiceless velar plosive|k]]}} in the conjunction and pronoun {{Lang|ia|que}} and pronoun {{Lang|ia|qui}} and in terms derived from them such as {{Lang|ia|anque}} and {{Lang|ia|proque}}).}} || {{IPA link|r}} || {{IPA link|s}}~{{IPA link|z}}{{efn|1=a single ''s'' between vowels is often pronounced like ''z'', but pronunciation is irregular.}} || {{IPA link|t}}{{efn|1=''t'' is generally {{IPA|[t]}}, but ''ti'' followed by a vowel, unless stressed or preceded by ''s'', is pronounced the same as ''c'' (that is, {{IPA|[t͡sj]}} or {{IPA|[sj]}}).}} || {{IPA link|u}} || {{IPA link|v}} || {{IPA link|w}}~{{IPA link|v}} || {{IPA link|k}}{{IPA link|s}} || {{IPA link|i}} || {{IPA link|z}}
|-
|''Names''|| a || be || ce || de || e || ef || ge || ha || i || jota || ka || el || em || en || o || pe || cu || er || es || te || u || ve || duple ve || ix || ypsilon || zeta
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