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| x Z | German alphabet |
Z is the twenty-sixth and final letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
In many dialects of English, the letter's name is zed, pronounced /ˈzɛd/, reflecting its derivation from the Greek zeta (see below). In American English, its name is zee ...
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| x B | German alphabet |
‹B› is the second letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈbiː/) is spelled bee, plural bees. It is used to represent a variety of bilabial sounds (depending on language), most commonly a voiced bilabial plosive.
‹B›started as...
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| x C | German alphabet |
‹C› is the third letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈsiː/) is spelled cee, plural cees.
‹C› comes from the same letter as ‹g›. The Semites named it gimel. The sign is possibly adapted from an Egyptian hieroglyph for a...
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E is the fifth letter in the Latin alphabet. It is also the second vowel in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈiː/) is spelled e; or rarely "ee", and the plural is ees, though this is rare. The letter E is the most commonly used...
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| x F | German alphabet |
F is the sixth letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈɛf/) is spelled ef or eff.
The origin of F is the Semitic letter vâv that represented the sound /v/, and originally probably represented either a "hook" or a...
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| x G | German alphabet |
G is the seventh letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈdʒiː/) is spelled gee.
The letter G was introduced in the Old Latin period as a variant of C to distinguish /ɡ/ from voiceless /k/. The recorded originator...
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| x H | German alphabet |
H is the eighth letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet. Its name in both British and American English is aitch (pronounced /ˈeɪtʃ/), plural aitches, though it is also pronounced haitch /ˈheɪtʃ/ in some dialects (see the discussion below).
The...
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I is the ninth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet. Its English name (pronounced /ˈaɪ/) is spelled i, or rarely "ie"; the plural, ies, is rare.
In Semitic, the letter Yôdh was probably originally a pictogram for an arm with hand, derived from...
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J is the 10th letter in the basic Latin alphabet used today; it was the last of the 26 letters to be added. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈdʒeɪ/) is spelled jay. It was formerly jy (from French ji) and still is in some dialects, mainly in...
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| x K | German alphabet |
K (and k) is the eleventh letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈkeɪ/) is spelled kay.
The letter K comes from the Greek Κ (kappa), which was taken from the Semitic kap, the symbol for an open hand and also the...
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L is the twelfth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈɛl/) is spelled el or occasionally ell.
The letter Saku invented. The letter L is derived from the Phoenician crook or goad which stood for /l/. This...
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| x M | German alphabet |
M is the thirteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈɛm/) is spelled em.
The letter M derives its shape m as in maggaoy from the Phoenician Mem, via the Greek Mu (Μ, μ). Semitic Mem probably originally...
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| x N |
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N is the fourteenth letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈɛn/) is spelled en.
N represents the dental or alveolar nasal in virtually all languages that use the Latin alphabet. A common digraph with is , which...
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O is the fifteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈoʊ/) is spelled o; the plural is oes, though this is rare.
The letter was derived from the Semitic `Ayin (eye), which represented a consonant, probably...
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P is the sixteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈpiː/) is spelled pee.
The Semitic Pê (mouth), as well as the Greek Π or π (Pi), and the Etruscan and Latin letters that developed from the former...
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Q is the seventeenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈkjuː/) is spelled cue.
The Semitic sound value of Qôp (perhaps originally qaw, "cord of wool", and possibly based on an Egyptian hieroglyph) was /q/ ...
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R is the eighteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈɑr/) is spelled ar, plural ars; its name in Hiberno-English is or /ˈɔr/.
The original Semitic letter was probably inspired by an Egyptian hieroglyph for "head...
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S is the nineteenth letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈɛs/) is spelled ess, or usually es- when part of a compound word; the plural is esses.
S represents the voiceless alveolar fricative /s/ in most...
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| x T | German alphabet |
T is the twentieth letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈtiː/) is spelled tee. It is the most commonly used consonant and the second most common letter in the English language.
Taw was the last letter of the...
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U is the twenty-first letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈjuː/) is spelled u; the plural is ues, though this is rare.
The letter U ultimately comes from the Semitic letter Waw by way of the letter V. See the...
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| x V | German alphabet |
V is the twenty-second letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈviː/) is spelled vee.
The letter V ultimately comes from the Semitic letter Waw, as do the modern letters F, U, W, and Y. See F for details.
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| x W |
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German alphabet |
W is the twenty-third letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈdʌbəljuː/, /ˈdʌbəjuː/, /ˈdʌbəjə/, or /ˈdʌbjə/) is spelled double-u; the plural is double-ues, though this is rare.
The earliest form of the letter W...
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| x X | German alphabet |
X is the twenty-fourth letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈɛks/) is spelled ex, plural exes (/ˈɛksɨz/).
The consonant cluster /ks/ was, in Ancient Greek, written as either Chi Χ (Western Greek) or Xi Ξ ...
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| x Y | German alphabet |
The letter Y is the twenty-fifth and penultimate letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈwaɪ/) is spelled wye or occasionally wy, plural wyes.
The original ancestor of Y was the Semitic letter Waw, which was also...
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| x A | German alphabet |
The letter ‹A› is the first letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈeɪ/) is spelled ‹a›; the plural is aes, though this is rare.
‹A› can be traced to a pictogram of an ox head in Egyptian hieroglyphs or the Proto-Sinaitic...
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Eth (Ð, ð; also spelled edh or eð) is a letter used in Old English, Icelandic, Faroese (in which it is called edd), and Elfdalian. It was also used in Scandinavia during the Middle Ages, but was subsequently replaced with dh and later d. The capital...
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| x Omega |
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Omega (majuscule: Ω, minuscule: ω; Greek Ωμέγα) is the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet. In the Greek numeric system, it has a value of 800. The word literally means "great O" (ō mega, mega meaning 'great'), as opposed to Omicron, which...
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| x Alpha |
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Alpha (uppercase Α, lowercase α; Greek: Αλφα) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 1. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Aleph . Letters that arose from Alpha include the Latin A and the...
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| x Beta |
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Beta (uppercase Β, lowercase β, internal ϐ; Greek: Βήτα [ˈvita]) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 2. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Beth . Letters that arose from Beta include...
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| x Gamma |
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Gamma uppercase Γ, lowercase γ; Greek: Γάμμα) is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 3. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Gimel . Letters that arose from Gamma include the Roman C and G...
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| x Delta |
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Greek alphabet |
Delta (uppercase Δ, lowercase δ; Greek: Δέλτα [ðelta], Dhelta) is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 4. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Dalet. In the Ancient Greek language, it...
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| x Epsilon |
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Greek alphabet |
Epsilon (uppercase Ε, lowercase ε; Greek: Έψιλον) is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, corresponding phonetically to a close-mid front unrounded vowel /e/. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 5. It was derived from the Phoenician...
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| x Zeta |
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Greek alphabet |
Zeta (uppercase Ζ, lowercase ζ; Greek: Ζήτα [ziːta] Zita) is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 7. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Zayin . Letters that arose from Zeta include the...
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| x Eta |
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Eta (uppercase Η, lowercase η; Greek: Ήτα) is the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 8. Letters that arose from Eta include the Latin H and the Cyrillic letter И.
In Modern Greek the letter,...
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| x Theta |
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Greek alphabet |
Theta (uppercase Θ, lowercase θ or ϑ; Greek: Θήτα) is the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter Teth. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 9. In Classical Greek θ represented an aspirated voiceless...
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| x Iota | Greek alphabet |
Iota (uppercase Ι, lowercase ι; Greek: Ιώτα [jɒta] Yota/Jota) the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 10. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Yodh (). Letters that arose from Iota include the...
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| x Kappa |
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Kappa (uppercase Κ, lowercase κ or ϰ; Greek: Κάππα) is the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet, used to represent the voiceless velar stop, or "k", sound in Ancient and Modern Greek. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 20. It was derived...
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| x Mu |
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Greek alphabet |
Mu (uppercase Μ, lowercase μ; Greek: Μι or Μυ [mi]) is the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 40. Mu was derived from the Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol for water () which had been simplified by the...
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| x Nu |
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Greek alphabet |
Nu (uppercase Ν, lowercase ν; also transcribed as Ny; modern Greek: Νι [ni] Ni), is the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 50. Its Latin Alphabet equivalent is N, though the lowercase resembles the...
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| x Omicron |
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Greek alphabet |
Omicron (uppercase Ο, lowercase ο, literally "small o" : Όμικρον, o mikron, micron meaning 'small' in contrast to omega) is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 70. It is rarely used in mathematics...
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| x Pi |
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Greek alphabet |
Pi (uppercase Π, lower case π) is the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing [p]. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 80. Letters that arose from pi include Cyrillic Pe (П, п), Coptic pi (Ⲡ, ⲡ), and Gothic pairthra (𐍀)....
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| x Rho |
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Greek alphabet |
Rho (uppercase Ρ, lowercase ρ or ϱ), pronounced /ˈroʊ/ in English, is the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 100. It is derived from Semitic Rêš "head" (see Resh). Its uppercase form is not to be...
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| x Sigma |
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Greek alphabet |
Sigma (upper case Σ, lower case σ, lower case in word-final position ς; Greek Σιγμα) is the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, and carries the /s/ sound. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 200. When used at the end of a word,...
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| x Tau |
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Greek alphabet |
Tau (uppercase Τ, lowercase τ; Greek: Ταυ [taf]) is the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 300. This letter in English is pronounced /ˈtaʊ/, but in Modern Greek, this letter's name is pronounced [taf...
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| x Upsilon |
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Greek alphabet |
Upsilon (uppercase Υ, lowercase υ; Greek: Ύψιλον, Úpsilon) is the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 400. It is derived from the Phoenician waw. The name of the letter is pronounced [ˈipsilon] in...
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| x Phi |
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Greek alphabet |
Phi (uppercase Φ, lowercase φ or math symbol ϕ), pronounced [ˈfi] in modern Greek and /ˈfaɪ/ or sometimes /ˈfiː/ in English, is the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet. In modern Greek, it represents [f], a voiceless labiodental fricative. In Ancient...
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| x Chi |
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Greek alphabet |
Chi (uppercase Χ, lowercase χ; Greek: χῖ) is the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet, pronounced as /ˈkai/ in English. Its value in Ancient Greek was an aspirated velar stop /kʰ/ (in the Western Greek alphabet: /ks/).
In Koine Greek and later dialects...
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| x Psi | Greek alphabet |
Psi (uppercase Ψ, lowercase ψ; pronounced sigh) is the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet and has a numeric value of 700. In both Classical and Modern Greek, the letter indicates the combination /ps/ (like in English "lapse"). The letter was adopted...
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| x Lambda |
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Greek alphabet |
Lambda (uppercase Λ, lowercase λ; Greek: Λάμβδα or Λάμδα, Lamda) is the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 30. It is related to the Phoenician letter Lamed . Letters that arose from Lambda include...
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| x Xi |
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Greek alphabet |
Xi (uppercase Ξ, lowercase ξ) is the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet. It is pronounced [ksi] in Modern Greek, and generally pronounced /ˈsaɪ/ (UK) or /ˈzaɪ/ (US) in English. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 60. The Xi is not to...
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| x Ñ |
Ñ (lower case ñ) is a letter of the modern Latin alphabet, formed by an N with a diacritical tilde. It is used in the Spanish alphabet, Basque alphabet, Filipino alphabet and Guarani alphabet, where it represents a palatal nasal (IPA: [ɲ]). In...
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German alphabet |
"Ü", or "ü", is a character which represents either a letter from several extended Latin alphabets, or the letter U with an umlaut or a diaeresis.
The letter Ü occurs in the Hungarian, Portuguese, Karelian, Klingon, Turkish, Uyghur, Estonian, Azeri,...
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| x Ä |
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German alphabet |
"Ä" and "ä" are both characters which represent either a letter from several extended Latin alphabets, or the letter A with an umlaut mark or diaeresis.
The letter Ä occurs in the Swedish, Finnish, Estonian, Luxembourgish, Slovak, Turkmen, North...
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| x Ö |
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German alphabet |
"Ö", or "ö", is a character used in several extended Latin alphabets, or the letter O with umlaut or diaeresis. The closest equivalent in English would be a rounded version of the "u" in "burn".
The letter O with Umlaut appears in the German...
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| x Ss |
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German alphabet |
The letter ß (Unicode U+00DF) is a ligature in the German alphabet typically used to replace a double "s" in a word. Its German name is Eszett (German pronunciation: [ɛs'tsɛt], lexicalized expression for sz) or scharfes S (German pronunciation: ...
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| x Aleph | Hebrew alphabet |
Aleph is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, together with Arabic descended from Phoenician'''''' .
Its original sound value was a glottal stop. In Modern Israeli Hebrew, the letter represents either a glottal stop, or no pronunciation...
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| x Bet | Hebrew alphabet |
Bet, Beth, or Vet is the second letter of many Semitic abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew ב Syriac ܒ and Arabic alphabet bāʔ ﺏ. Its value is a voiced bilabial plosive, IPA /b/.
This letter's name means "house" in various Semitic languages...
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| x Gimel | Hebrew alphabet |
Gimel is the third letter of many Semitic abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew ג, Syriac ܓ and Arabic ǧīm ﺟ (in abjadi order; 5th in higa'i order). Its sound value in the original Phoenician and in all derived alphabets save Arabic is a...
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| x Dalet | Hebrew alphabet |
Dalet (dāleth, also spelled Daleth or Daled) is the fourth letter of many Semitic alphabets, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew ד, Syriac ܕ and Arabic dāl ﺩ (in abjadi order; 8th in modern order). Its sound value is a voiced alveolar plosive ([d]...
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He is the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets, including Phoenician , Aramaic, Hebrew ה, Syriac ܗ and Arabic hāʾ ه. Its sound value is a voiceless glottal fricative ([h]).
The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Epsilon, Etruscan 𐌄, Latin E...
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