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Welsh is phonetic. Learn the 29 letters and their sounds once, and you can say almost any Welsh word you read.

New to Welsh? Start with the sounds

Each step uses only sounds from the steps before it, so nothing arrives before you can say it.

  1. 1Easy letters that match English — b, d, m, n, p, t, l, s, h, j
  2. 2The vowels, short then long — a, e, i, o, u, w, y
  3. 3Same letter, different sound — c, f, ff, g, r
  4. 4The new letters — ch, dd, th, ll, rh, ng, ph
  5. 5Vowel pairs — aw, ai, wy, ew, oe, ei

Open the Sounds deck

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Next rung: Wordio

Once the letters and sounds feel familiar, Wordio Beginner has you spelling five-letter Welsh words with picture clues.

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