An Alef-beys Chart
A Yiddish alphabet chart, for quick reference. You can download a pdf of the chart at the bottom of the page.
You can click on each letter to hear the letter name and pronounciation. Vowels, consonants, final forms of letters, and letters that only appear in words of Hebrew origin are each marked with separate color.
א
א
shtumer alef / silent
silent
אַ
אַ
pasekh
alef/
as in lark
vowel
אָ
אָ
komets
alef/
as in for
vowel
ב
ב
beys
consonant
בֿ
בֿ
veys
hebrew only
ג
ג
giml/
as in
girl
consonant
ד
ד
daled
consonant
ה
ה
hey
consonant
ו
ו
vov/
as in moon
vowel
וּ
וּ
melupm vov/
as in moon
vowel
װ
װ
tsvey vovn
consonant
וי
וי
vov yud/
as in boy
diphthong
ז
ז
zayen
consonant
ח
ח
khes/
as in
Irish loch
hebrew only
ט
ט
tes
consonant
י
י
yud/
as in
yes, as in give or
as in leave
vowel/consonant
יִ
יִ
khirek yud/
as in give
or as in leave
vowel
יי
יי
tsvey yudn/
as in weigh
diphthong
ײַ
ײַ
pasekh tsvey yudn/
as in fly
diphthong
כּ
כּ
kof
hebrew only
כ
כ
khof/
as in
Irish loch
consonant
ך
ך
langer khof/
as
in Irish loch
final form
ל
ל
lamed
consonant
מ
מ
mem
consonant
ם
ם
shlos mem
final form
נ
נ
nun
consonant
ן
ן
langer nun
final form
ס
ס
samekh
consonant
ע
ע
ayen/
as in bed
vowel
פּ
פּ
pey
consonant
פֿ
פֿ
fey
consonant
ף
ף
langer fey
final form
צ
צ
tsadek
consonant
ץ
ץ
langer tsadek
final form
ק
ק
kuf
consonant
ר
ר
reysh
consonant
ש
ש
shin
consonant
שׂ
שׂ
sin
hebrew only
תּ
תּ
tof
hebrew only
ת
ת
sof
hebrew only
דזש
דזש
daled zayen shin/
as in jar
consonant
זש
זש
zayen shin/
as in beige
consonant
טש
טש
tes shin/
as in cheese
consonant
Move on to the exercise on Yiddish vowel names here.
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