The English alphabet consists of 26 letters . Each letter has an uppercase ("capital letter") and a lowercase ("small letter") form.
# Capital Letter Small Letter Phonic (pronunciation) Name 1 A a /eɪ/, /æ/ a 2 B b /biː/ bee 3 C c /siː/ cee 4 D d /diː/ dee 5 E e /iː/ e 6 F f /ɛf/ ef 7 G g /dʒiː/ gee 8 H h /(h)eɪtʃ/ (h)aitch 9 I i /aɪ/ i 10 J j /dʒeɪ/ jay 11 K k /keɪ/ kay 12 L l /ɛl/ el 13 M m /ɛm/ em 14 N n /ɛn/ en 15 O o /oʊ/ o 16 P p /piː/ pee 17 Q q /kjuː/ cue 18 R r /ɑːr/ ar 19 S s /ɛs/ ess 20 T t /tiː/ tee 21 U u /juː/ u 22 V v /viː/ vee 23 W w /ˈdʌbəl.juː/ double-u 24 X x /ɛks/ ex 25 Y y /waɪ/ wy 26 Z z /zi/zɛd/ zee/zed Notes Five of the letters in the English Alphabet are vowels: A, E, I, O, U. The remaining 21 letters are consonants: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, X, Z, and usually W and Y. Written English includes the digraphs: ch ci ck gh ng ph qu rh sc sh th ti wh wr zh. These are not considered separate letters of the alphabet. Two letters, “A” and “I,” also constitute words. Until fairly recently (until 1835), the 27th letter of the alphabet (right after "z") was the ampersand (&). The English Alphabet is based on the Latin script, which is the basic set of letters common to the various alphabets originating from the classical Latin alphabet. Old English The Old English alphabet letters were 29: A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T V X Y Z & ⁊ Ƿ Þ Ð Æ The Old English alphabet was recorded in the year 1011 by a monk named Byrhtferð and included the 24 letters of the Latin alphabet (including ampersand) and 5 additional English letters: Long S (ſ), Eth (Ð and ð), Thorn (þ), Wynn (ƿ) and Ash (ᚫ; later Æ and æ). With respect to Modern English, Old English did not include J, U, and W.See Also:
NATO Phonetic Alphabet