Welsh

To an English speaker, Welsh probably looks absolutely crazy. Double 'f's, 'd's, and 'l's all over the place.
Oh, and 'w' is a vowel.
Unlike English, however, the letters only make one or two sounds, so once you know if/how they differ from English, you're pretty such set!

Consonants, where different from English:

• c: always hard--"cat"
• ch: gutteral 'k', like in Scottish loch
• dd: like hard English 'th'--"the"
• f: like English 'v'--"van"
• ff: like English 'f'--"fall"
• g: always hard--"go"
• ll: aspirated 'l', no English equivalent
• r: rolled 'r', like in Spanish burro
• rh: aspirated 'r',"hr"
• s: always soft--"sit"
• si: like English 'sh'--"shin"
• th: always soft--"thin"

Vowels:

• a: short in like "cat", or long in like "father"
• e: short in like "pet", or long in like "grey"
• i: short like in "pit", or long like English 'ee'
• o: short like in "cot", or long like in "cope"
• u: short like English 'i' ("pit"), or long like English 'ee'
• w: short like English 'oo' ("took"), or long like English 'oo' ("boot")
• y: short like English 'i' ("pit") or like English 'u' ("cut"), long like English 'ee'

Digraphs (ha! not done yet!):

• ae, ai, au: like English 'y'--"my"
• ee, ei, ey: like "uh-ee", or like English 'y'--"my"
• aw: like English 'ow'--"now"
• ew: like "eh-oo"
• iw, uw, yw: like English 'ew'--"pew"
• ow: like "owe"
• oi, oe, ou: like English 'oy'--"boy"
• wy: like "oo-ee"

Examples:

• Eluned (f)--"el-EE-ned"
• Aderyn (f)--"ah-DEHR-in"
• Aerona (f)--"eye-ROE-nah"
• Cadwgyn (m)--"kad-OO-gun"
• Gruffudd (m)--"GRIF-fith"
• Hywel (m)--"HUE-el"