The Italian alphabet has 21 letters, excluding J, K, W, X, and Y, which appear in foreign words. It includes 5 vowels (A, E, I, O, U 🔊) and 16 consonants (B, C, D, F, G, H, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, Z 🔊).

There are 21 letters in the Italian alphabet — 5 vowels and 16 consonants. Letters j, k, w, x, and y are missing as they are only used in foreign words.

Officially, the Italian alphabet is made up of 21 letters. That’s five less than English, whose alphabet contains 26 letters.