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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 March 2025. 10th letter of the Latin alphabet This article is about the tenth letter of the Latin alphabet. For other uses, see J (disambiguation).. For the Cyrillic letter Ј, see Je (Cyrillic). J J j Usage Writing system Latin script Type Alphabetic Language of origin Latin language Sound values [j ...
The Cyrillic letter ј was introduced in the 1818 Serbian dictionary of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, on the basis of the Latin letter J. [1] Karadžić had previously used ї instead for the same sound, a usage he took from Dositej Obradović, [2] and the final choice also notably edged out another expected candidate, й, used in every other ...
Many Greek letters are similar to Phoenician, except the letter direction is reversed or changed, which can be the result of historical changes from right-to-left writing to boustrophedon, then to left-to-right writing. Global distribution of the Cyrillic alphabet. The dark green areas shows the countries where this alphabet is the sole main ...
The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Iota (Ι), [1] Latin I and J, Cyrillic І, Coptic iauda (Ⲓ) and Gothic eis. The term yod is often used to refer to the speech sound [ j ] , a palatal approximant , even in discussions of languages not written in Semitic abjads, as in phonological phenomena such as English " yod-dropping ".
Keraia" is a hook or serif, and in Matthew 5:18 may refer to Greek diacritics, or, if the reference is to the Hebrew text of the Torah, possibly refers to the pen strokes that distinguish between similar Hebrew letters, e.g., ב versus כ , [6] or to ornamental pen strokes attached to certain Hebrew letters, [7] or to the Hebrew letter Vav ...
Iota (/ aɪ ˈ oʊ t ə /; [1] uppercase Ι, lowercase ι; Greek: ιώτα) is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.It was derived from the Phoenician letter Yodh. [2] Letters that arose from this letter include the Latin I and J, the Cyrillic І (І, і), Yi (Ї, ї), and Je (Ј, ј), and iotated letters (e.g. Yu (Ю, ю)).
J with stroke (majuscule Ɉ, minuscule ɉ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, derived from J with the addition of a bar through the letter. It is used in Arhuaco in Colombia to represent /dʒ/ , like j in English j ust , and in Oniyan when written with the Guinean languages alphabet in Guinea .
The use of characters for the Cyrillic letter Je with a Combining Short Stroke Overlay U+0335 was proposed: [3] Ɉ, ј̵ ; however these combinatios are not guaranteed to display correctly. Alternatively, the characters for the Latin letter J with stroke Ɉ, ɉ (U+0248, U+0249) can be used.