Editing Chavacano (section)

====Letters and letter names====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="width:2.5em;" | A a || style="width: 17em;" | '''a''' {{IPA|/a/}}
| style="width:2.5em;" | J j || style="width: 20em;" | '''jota''' {{IPA|/ˈxota/}}
| style="width:2.5em;" | R r || style="width: 25em;" | '''ere''' {{IPA|/ˈeɾe/}}
|-
| B b || '''be''' {{IPA|/be/}}<br>
| K k || '''ka''' {{IPA|/ka/}}
| Rr rr || '''erre''' {{IPA|/ˈere/}}
|-
| C c || '''ce'''  {{IPA|/se/}}
| L l || '''ele''' {{IPA|/ˈele/}}
| S s || '''ese''' {{IPA|/ˈese/}}
|-
| Ch ch || '''che''' {{IPA|/tʃe/}}
| Ll ll || '''elle''' {{IPA|/ˈeʎe/}}
| T t || '''te''' {{IPA|/te/}}
|-
| D d || '''de''' {{IPA|/de/}}
| M m || '''eme''' {{IPA|/ˈeme/}}
| U u || '''u''' {{IPA|/u/}}
|-
| E e || '''e''' {{IPA|/e/}}
| N n || '''ene''' {{IPA|/ene/}}
| V v || '''uve''' {{IPA|/ˈube/}}
|-
| F f || '''efe''' {{IPA|/ˈefe/}}
| Ñ ñ || '''eñe''' {{IPA|/ˈeɲe/}}
| W w || '''doble u''' {{IPA|/ˈuve doble/}}<br>
|-
| G g || '''ge''' {{IPA|/xe/}}
| O o || '''o''' {{IPA|/o/}}
| X x || '''equis''' {{IPA|/ˈekis/}}
|-
| H h || '''hache''' {{IPA|/ˈatʃe/}}
| P p || '''pe''' {{IPA|/pe/}}
| Y y || '''ye''' {{IPA|/ɟʝe/}}<br>
|-
| I i || '''i''' {{IPA|/i/}}<br>
| Q q || '''cu''' {{IPA|/ku/}}
| Z z || '''zeta''' {{IPA|/ˈseta/}}<br>'''zeda''' {{IPA|/ˈseda/}}
|}

Other letter combinations include ''rr'' (erre), which is pronounced {{IPA|/xr/}} or {{IPA|/r/}}, and ''ng,'' which is pronounced {{IPA|/ŋɡ/}}. Another combination was ''ñg,'' which was pronounced {{IPA|/ŋ/}} but is now obsolete and is only written as ''ng''.

Some sounds are not represented in the Chavacano written language. These sounds are mostly in words of Philippine and foreign origin. Furthermore, the pronunciation of some words of Spanish origin have become distorted or Philippinized in modern Chavacano. Some vowels have become allophonized ('e' and 'o' becomes 'i' and 'u' in some words) and some consonants have changed their pronunciation. (i.e. ''escoger'' became ''iscují'' in informal speech; ''tiene'' {{IPA|/tʃɛnɛ/}}; ''Dios'' {{IPA|/dʒɔs/}}; ''Castilla'' became {{IPA|/kastilla/}} instead of {{IPA|/kastiʎa/}}).

Glottal stops, as in Filipino languages, are not also indicated (â, ê, î, ô, û). These sounds are mainly found in words of Philippine origin and are only indicated in dictionaries (i.e. jendê = not; olê = again) and when they are, the circumflex accent is used.

Other pronunciation changes in some words of Spanish origin include:

: f ~ {{IPA|/p/}}
: j, g (before 'e' and 'i') ~ {{IPA|/h/}} (in common with dialects of [[Caribbean Spanish|Caribbean]] and other areas of [[Spanish language in the Americas|Latin America]] and [[Andalusian Spanish|southern Spain]])
: ch ~ {{IPA|/ts/}}
: rr ~ {{IPA|/xr/}}
: di, de ~ {{IPA|/dʒ/}} (when followed or preceded by other vowels: Dios ~ /jos/; dejalo ~ /jalo/)
: ti, te ~ {{IPA|/tʃ/}} (when followed or preceded by other vowels: tierra ~ /chehra/; tiene ~ /chene/)
: ci, si ~ {{IPA|/ʃ/}}  (when followed or preceded by other vowels: conciencia ~ /konʃenʃa/)

{{IPA|/b, d, ɡ/}}, which are pronounced as [[fricative]]s in other Spanish dialects when between vowels, are uniformly pronounced as [[Plosive|stop]]s in Chavacano.