Whenever someone talks about the number of letters in the Alphabet, everyone would consider him to be talking about the English Alphabet.

Well, it’s unfair to leave the other languages far behind; in this guide, we will cover up the number of alphabets in different languages.

So, roll up your sleeves before we get a jump into it.

How Many Letters are There in the English Alphabet?

First and foremost, the number of letters in the English Alphabet; 

There are 26 letters in the English Alphabet ranging from A, B, and C to Z, as we all know. 

Well, this isn’t it; you need to know some amazing things about the English language.

• In the original, there were 23 letters in the English language
• Then, later on in the 16 century, three more words were added
• Until 1823 English alphabets consisted of 27 letters where right after Z, a comment was added named ampersand (&) 

This is quite interesting.

How Many Words are There in the Chinese Alphabet?

Well, you have to go through a long way if you want to have a proper understanding of the Chinese alphabet. 

Yes, the word 3 to 4 thousand shows that there are not a small number of Chinese characters present, it consists of tens of thousands of Chinese characters. In fact it’s completely impossible or at least difficult to count them. 

Anyhow, the useful Chinese characters are about 3000 to 6000 in number. And of course as compared to 26 characters of English, Chinese useful characters are still huge. Isn’t it.  

How Many Letters are There in the Russian Alphabet?

Are you looking to learn the Russian language? Well, you will have to go with 33 letters to learn.

So, to learn the Russian language, you will have to learn what the sound is represented by every letter.

Good to know: these 33 letters have vowels in them, consonants, and additional signs as well. So, here in these 33 letters we have 10 vowels and 22 constants. This is not at all here; you will find two more additional letters in the Russian alphabet. 

How Many Letters are There in the French Alphabet?

Well, the French language is the official language of 26 countries and is spoken all across the world; that’s why it would be pretty unfair if we would leave it while we are talking about the number of alphabets in each language.

Just like English, the French alphabet also consists of 26 characters. But the thing which could make a difference is that language has some accent marks which the English language doesn’t have.

Good to know; The accent marks just like è, é, or ç, are used as modifiers; not traditional letters.

How Many Letters are There in the German Alphabet?

Yes, German is another language that uses the same English alphabet as 26, but in addition to 26 letters, there are 4 more letters in the German language that are ä, ö, ü, and ß.

Don’t forget, there are some differences in pronunciation as compared to the English language and the three additional letters (ä, ö, ü) are called “umlauts” and the ß is known as a ligature.

Wrapping Up:

Wrapping up the whole discussion, we must say the number of alphabets help you in communication but it does not mean this is for all. That’s why you should keep on practicing not only these specific alphabets but also try to communicate with others in the same language.

Last but not least, out of all these alphabets, the English language is the most used; whether accepted or not, almost every country is using it in some way. That’s why we had stated some other languages alphabetically but English is at the top of them.

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