UΥ υ𐌖VU uTime period1386 to presentDescendantsWᴝꭎ∪∩SistersFWѴУЎҰҮוوܘוּוֹࠅ𐎆𐡅ወવૂુउOtherAssociated graphsu(x)quWriting directionLeft-to-rightThis article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see .
YΥ υY yTime period54 CE to presentDescendantsỾ¥ᏉᎽᎩSistersUVWFѴУЎҰҮו|و|ܘוּוֹࠅ𐎆𐡅ወયयয়OtherAssociated graphsy(x), ly, nyWriting directionLeft-to-rightThis article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see .
VΥ υ𐌖V vTime periodc. 700 BCE to presentDescendants • U • W • ∨ • ℣ • Ꮴ • Ꮙ • ᏙSistersFѴУЎҰҮꝨוوܘוּוֹࠅ𐎆𐡅ወવૂુउTransliterationsY, U, WOtherAssociated graphsv(x)Writing directionLeft-to-rightThis article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see .
DigammaHistoryArchaic local variants Diacritics and other symbolsDiacriticsάὰᾶἀἁᾱᾰϊᾳσ̌LigaturesϗϛNumerals (Attic)ϛ (6)ϟ (90)ϡ (900) Related topicsUse as scientific symbolsOrthographyRomanizationCyrillizationDigamma, or wau (uppercase: Ϝ, lowercase: ϝ, numeral: ϛ), is an archaic letter of the Greek alphabet. It originally stood for the sound /w/ but it has remained in use principally as a Greek numeral for 6.
Phoenician alphabetWriting system used c. 1050 to 146 BCThe Phoenician alphabet is an abjad (consonantal alphabet) that was used across the Mediterranean civilization of Phoenicia for most of the 1st millennium BC. It was one of the first alphabets, attested in Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions found across the .
WΥ υ𐌖VW wTime periodc. 600 CE to presentDescendants • ʍ • ɯɰ • ₩SistersFYUѴУЎҰҮוوܘוּוֹࠅ𐎆𐡅ወવૂુउOtherAssociated graphsw(x)Writing directionLeft-to-rightThis article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see .
International Phonetic AlphabetSystem of phonetic notationThe International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association, starting in the late 19th century, as a standard written representation for the sounds of speech.
Waw (letter)Waw (wāw "hook") is the sixth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenicianwāw 𐤅, Aramaicwaw 𐡅, Hebrewvavו, Syriacwaw ܘ and Arabicwāwو (sixth in abjadi order; 27th in modern Arabic order). It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪅, South Arabian𐩥, and Ge'ezወ. It represents the consonant [w] in classical Hebrew, and [v] in modern Hebrew, as well as the vowels [u] and [o].
English alphabetModern English is written with a Latin-script alphabet consisting of 26 letters, with each having both uppercase and lowercase forms. The word alphabet is a compound of alpha and beta, the names of the first two letters in the Greek alphabet. The earliest Old English writing during the 5th century used a runic alphabet known as the futhorc.
Latin alphabetAlphabet of the Latin language Latin alphabetAbecedarium LatinumScript type Alphabet Periodc.
Letter caseLetter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (more formally majuscule) and smaller lowercase (more formally minuscule) in the written representation of certain languages. The writing systems that distinguish between the upper- and lowercase have two parallel sets of letters: each in the majuscule set has a counterpart in the minuscule set.Letter (alphabet)In a writing system, a letter is a grapheme that generally corresponds to a phoneme—the smallest functional unit of speech—though there is rarely total one-to-one correspondence between the two. An alphabet is a writing system that uses letters.
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