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The Spanish language is written using the Spanish alphabet, which is the ISO Latin script with one additional letter, eñe ñ , for a total of 27 letters. [1] Although the letters k and w are part of the alphabet, they appear only in loanwords such as karate, kilo, waterpolo and wolframio (tungsten or wolfram) and in sensational spellings: okupa, bakalao.
The replacement of ñ with another letter alters the pronunciation and meaning of a word or name, in the same manner that replacing any letter in a given word with another one would. For example, Peña is a common Spanish surname and a common noun that means "rocky hill"; it is often anglicized as Pena , changing the name to the Spanish word ...
In Judaeo-Spanish (Ladino), which is mainly based on a medieval version of Spanish, the five days of Monday–Friday closely follow the Spanish names. For Sunday is used the Arabic name, which is based on numbering (meaning "Day one" or "First day"), because a Jewish language was not likely to adapt a name based on "Lord's Day" for Sunday.
"Thursday's Child" is a song by The Chameleons on Script of the Bridge (1983). "Outlook for Thursday" was a hit in New Zealand for Dave Dobbyn. Thursday (mixtape)" is the name of a mixtape by R&B artist The Weeknd released in 2011. "Thirsty" is a song by American pop band AJR that prominently features the lyrics 'Thirsty, thirsty Thursday' [26]
The lists and tables below summarize and compare the letter inventories of some of the Latin-script alphabets.In this article, the scope of the word "alphabet" is broadened to include letters with tone marks, and other diacritics used to represent a wide range of orthographic traditions, without regard to whether or how they are sequenced in their alphabet or the table.
The German alphabet is sometimes considered by tradition to contain only 26 letters (with ä , ö , ü considered variants and ß considered a ligature of ſ and s ), but the current German orthographic rules include ä , ö , ü , ß in the alphabet placed after Z . In Spanish orthography, the letters n and ñ are distinct; the tilde is not ...
Along with the other days of Holy Week, Maundy Thursday has a rich history dating back to the days of the early church. It has held its title, Maundy Thursday, since the 1500s.
The names of the letters are typically just the consonant sound plus the inherent vowel অ ô. Since the inherent vowel is assumed and not written, most letters' names look identical to the letter itself (the name of the letter ঘ is itself ghô, not gh).