PART I.
ORTHOGRAPHY.
CHAPTER I.
LETTERS AND PRONUNCIATION.
The Icelandic Alphabet consists of the following letters: a, b, c, d, ð, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, 1, m, n, o, œ, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, x, y, z, þ, ö, æ.
The vowels are:
a, ö, æ, e, i, o, œ, u, y.
Of these, a, e, i, o, u, y can be lengthened by accents, and thus the following are short:
a, e, i, o, u, y, ö;
and the following long:
á, è, í, ó, ú, ý, æ.
a is pronounced like a in fat, father.
á » » » oa in broad; or a in warm.
ö » » » i or u in girdle, first, murder, sun.
æ » » » the English long i.
e » » » e in met.
è » » » e in there.
i » » » i in bill.
í » » » ee in bee.
o » » » o in not.
ó » » » o in fore, or rather broader.
œ » » » a in paper.
u » » » iew in view.
