Since the 19th one C , we ’ve beenlearning our ABCsthrough the alphabet song sung to the same tune as “ Twinkle , Twinkle , Little Star . ” But English is n’t the onlyalphabet , and not every alphabet will fit into that song . Here are some other song from around the universe to help them learn theirABCs .
1. Swedish
The Swedish alphabet is almost the same as ours , but they ’ve got three more letter to cram into the song ( å , ä , ö ) . They provide out thew , which was grouped together withvby the Swedish Academy until 2006 .
2. Turkish
The Turkish alphabet does n’t haveq , w , orx , but it has six other letter of the alphabet that English does n’t have , bringing the sum to 29 . This attention-getting song match them all in nicely .
3. Croatian
The Croatian alphabet has 30 letter . Here , the Bajka fry ’s consort babble out them with impressive swiftness .
4. Russian
The Russian alphabet has 33 letters , but this song from Russian Sesame Street is so attention-getting , it does n’t seem like so many .
5. Malay (Jawi alphabet)
The Malaysian language can be written with the Latin first rudiment or in Jawi , a manikin of Arabic hand . Here a radical of cuties blab the Jawi “ Alif Ba Ta . ”
6. Thai
Written Thai has a complex human relationship to the spoken speech . Most consonants can be written in two different ways , indicating dissimilar tones . There are also additional Mark for tones and for vowels . There are 44 consonants to memorize , and the task is made easier by associating each one with a word in which the sound is have . So the first varsity letter is ' ko ' as in kai ( chicken ) , the second is ' kho ' as in khai ( ballock ) , and so on down through bottle , piddle Bison bison , mortal , bell , snake , etc .
7. Amharic
Amharic , the language of Ethiopia , is written with a hand in which each character stands for a consonant+vowel syllable . These kids are singing a song to help them memorise the 34 characters from the first vowel sound series . Once they have these down , the other 6 vowel sound serial publication should be a objet d’art of cake .
A version of this tale ran in 2012 ; it has been update for 2023 .
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