The Italian alphabet (l'alfabeto) contains twenty–one letters:

Letters	Names of the Letters
a	a
b	bi
c	ci
d	di
e	e
f	effe
g	gi
h	acca
i	i
l	elle
m	emme
n	enne
o	o
p	pi
q	cu
r	erre
s	esse
t	ti
u	u
v	vu
z	zeta

The following five letters are found in foreign words:

Letters	Names of the Letters
j	i lungo
k	cappa
w	doppia vu
x	ics
y	ipsilon