The writing of the Basque is written with the Latin alphabet. The alphabet Basque is overall Phonétique, all the letter S of a Mot decide except for the H which is dumb in the majority of the dialects. Generally, the Voyelle S which are followed form a Diphtongue.

  • has : (as in French)

  • B has: B (as in French)
  • D : D (as in French)
  • E : E
  • F : F (as in French)
  • G : G (always hard, even in front of I )
  • H : H (dumb, sometimes aspired)
  • I : I (as in French)
  • J : there (J in Biscayen and Souletin), D palatal (Labourd and Navarre), fricative velar deaf person (Guipúzcoa)
  • K : K (as in French)
  • L : L (as in French)
  • m : m (as in French)
  • N : N (as in French)
  • ñ : ñ (as in Spanish or " gn" in French)
  • O : O (O open as in French)
  • p : p (as in French)
  • R : R rolled once (evokes the L )
  • rr : R rolled common
  • S : S rétroflexe (language pointed upwards)
  • T : T (as in French)
  • tt : T palatal wet (one can like tye )
  • ts : ts rétroflexe
  • tx : tch
  • tz : ts
  • U : or
  • X : CH
  • Z : S

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