Icelandic

[Guest]

I'd really love some help in learning how to spell in Icelandic

[scapeghost]

I'd really love some help in learning how to spell in Icelandic

Hello,
Do you mean learning the Icelandic alphabet?

[Pablo]

The Icelandic alphabet is the same as the English. Exept that they have two more letters. One is for thorn (dental fricative un-voiced) and other for eth (idem but voiced).

[ElieDeLeuze]

For fun, the letters

thorn : Þ þ eth: Ð ð

[michka]

You may be also interested in knowing the letters name (useful if you wish to spell a word):

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/icelandic.htm

A, a = a
Á, á = á
B, b = bé
D, d = dé
Ð, ð = éð (never at the beginning of a word)
E, e = e
É, é = é
F, f = eff
G, g = ge
H, h = há
I, i = i
Í, í = í
J, j = joð
K, k = ká
L, l = ell
M, m = emm
N, n = enn
O, o = o
Ó, ó = ó
P, p = pé
R, r = err
S, s = eSS
T, t = té
U, u = u
Ú, ú = ú
V, v = vaff
X, x = ex
Y, y = upsilon
Ý, ý = ý
Þ, þ = þorn
Æ, æ = æ
Ö, ö = ö

The letters C (se), Q (kú) and W (tvöfalt vaff) are also used but only in foreign loanwords. The letter Z (seta) is no longer used in Icelandic, except in the newspaper Morgunblaðið.