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The grapheme ß was originally made out of the characters long s (ſ) and z, the latter of which evolved into s. In Germany, the grapheme is still used today. Throughout history, various names have been spelled with ß. Many of the spelling variations are hypercorrected variants of other spellings of the name.
This list of all two-letter combinations includes 1352 (2 × 26 2) of the possible 2704 (52 2) combinations of upper and lower case from the modern core Latin alphabet.A two-letter combination in bold means that the link links straight to a Wikipedia article (not a disambiguation page).
This sound, sometimes transcribed /zh/, occurs in the pronunciation of si in vision / ˈ v ɪ ʒ ən / and precision / p r ɪ ˈ s ɪ ʒ ən /, the s in treasure / ˈ t r ɛ ʒ ər /, and the g in beige / b eɪ ʒ /. Ezh is also used as a letter in some orthographies of Laz and Skolt Sami, both by itself, and with a caron ( Ǯ ǯ ).
Base and extended alphabet Letter Name IPA Diacritics Notes A, a : a /a/ à, â [a]: B, b : bi /b/ Always geminated after a vowel and usually spelled so within a word. C, c : ci /k/ (as -ch-before e and i, -chi-before other vowels) [], (as-c- before e and i) [], (after a nasal or r before e and i) [], (geminated before e and i) [], (as-ci-) [] / [],
The letters A, E, I, O, and U are considered vowel letters, since (except when silent) they represent vowels, although I and U represent consonants in words such as "onion" and "quail" respectively. The letter Y sometimes represents a consonant (as in "young") and sometimes a vowel (as in "myth").
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initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
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