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The Old English Latin alphabet generally consisted of about 24 letters, and was used for writing Old English from the 8th to the 12th centuries. Of these letters, most were directly adopted from the Latin alphabet , two were modified Latin letters ( Æ , Ð ), and two developed from the runic alphabet ( Ƿ , Þ ).
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The letter yogh (ȝogh) (Ȝ ȝ; Scots: yoch; Middle English: ȝogh) was used in Middle English and Older Scots, representing y (/j/) and various velar phonemes. It was derived from the Insular form of the letter g, Ᵹᵹ. In Middle English writing, tailed z came to be indistinguishable from yogh.
"a" 8.167 1 "e" 12.702 1 "b" 1.492 2 "t" 9.056 2 "c" 2.782 3 "a" 8.167 3 "d" 4.253 4 "o" 7.507 4 "e" 12.702 5 "i" 6.9662 5 " f" 2.228 6 "n" 6.749 6 "g" 2.015 7 "s" 6.327 7 " h" 6.094 8 "h" 6.094 8 "i" 6.966 9 "r" 5.987 9 "j" 0.153 10 "d" 4.253 10 "k" 0.772 11 " l" 4.025 11 "l" 4.025 12 "c" 2.782 12 "m" 2.406 13 "u" 2.758 13 "n" 6.749 14 "m" 2.406 14 "o" 7.507 15 "w" 2.360 15 " p" 1.929 16 "f ...
In Old English manuscripts, this letter usually took its insular form ᵹ . The [j] and [dʒ] pronunciations are sometimes written ġ in modern editions. Word-initially before another consonant letter, the pronunciation is always the velar fricative [ɣ]. Word-finally after i , it is always palatal [j].
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The equivalent letter in German and Swedish is ä, but it is not located at the same place within the alphabet. In German, it is not a separate letter from "A" but in Swedish, it is the second-to-last letter (between å and ö). In the normalized spelling of Middle High German, æ represents a long vowel [ɛː]. The actual spelling in the ...
Old English alphabet may refer to: . Anglo-Saxon runes (futhorc), a runic alphabet used to write Old English from the 5th century; Old English Latin alphabet, a Latin-derived alphabet used to write Old English from the 8th to the 12th centuries