Which letter is not a Spanish letter?

Question

Which letter is not a Spanish letter?

ll

ñ

rr

cc

Answer 1

The following letters make up the Spanish alphabet:

a, b, c, ch, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, ll, m, n, ñ, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z

Answer 2

I don't believe cc is a character in the Spanish alphabet.

a, b, c, ch, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, ll, m, n, ñ, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z

wrong!!! - Jesss, Nov 25, 2010

Right! cc is not a letter in the Spanish alphabet. - Jesss, Nov 25, 2010

Sorry, I copied that alphabet list from a web this site http://spanish.about.com/cs/forbeginners/a/beg_alphabet.htm - 0066c384, Nov 25, 2010

Answer 3

Yes, the RAE removed very recently the 'ch' and the 'll' from the Spanish alphabet, so when this along with some other changes go into effect -I think it will be published before Christmas- the Spanish alphabet will consist of 27 letters. It will be exactly as the English alphabet, plus the 'ñ'.

Edit: to be completely fair, these changes haven't been approved yet -I think they will in a few days- so they could still be revoked

Answer 4

I can't find the reference now, but I believe that ch, rr and ll were dropped from the spanish alphabet a while ago, so in answer to the original question ñ is the only one that is a spanish letter. It will be on the RAE website somewhere.

Edit: I found some info on the RAE website that confirms I am wrong, but explains why I thought what I did .

El abecedario y los dígrafos ch, ll y rr

I welcome correction as always. - Richard-Thomas, Nov 25, 2010

rr wasnever a letter in the Spanish alphabet. ñ and ll were not dropped and never will be. - Jesss, Nov 25, 2010

Jess I agree :) - FELIZ77, Nov 25, 2010

Thanks for the corrections, I was confusing the alphabet with the RAE rules on sorting words (which no longer treat ch and ll as separate letters). - Richard-Thomas, Nov 25, 2010

'rr' was never a letter, as it sounds just like an 'r' at the beginning of a word. 'ch' and 'll' were still in the alphabet (as 'dígrafos') but since the mid-90's didn't have their own section in the dictionary. And as of dic-2010, they are dropped. - bill1111, Nov 25, 2010

Answer 5

In our second lesson, we learned to say "ch" - che, "ll" - elle and "rr" errrrrrre. But my reference said that it was no longer the case that "ch" and "ll" were considered as separate letters. Now I am unsure what to say when I spell words. Do we say "che" or "?e, hache"...