Q, or q, is the seventeenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is pronounced , most commonly spelled cue, but also kew, kue, and que.
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Q is the seventeenth letter of the alphabet used in English and many other languages around the world. It matters because it is a fundamental building block of written language, allowing us to spell and communicate words that contain this letter sound.
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Key facts
- Grapheme.name
- Q
- Grapheme.letter
- Q q
- Grapheme.script
- Latin script
- Grapheme.type
- Alphabet
- Grapheme.typedesc
- ic and logographic
- Grapheme.language
- Greek languageLatin language
- Grapheme.phonemes
- (Table)[] []
- Grapheme.unicode
- U+0051, U+0071
- Grapheme.alphanumber
- 17
- Grapheme.fam1
- O34V24
- Grapheme.fam2
- class=skin-invert-image|20px|Proto-Sinaitic Qup
- Grapheme.fam3
- class=skin-invert-image|20px
- Grapheme.fam4
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20 sectionsContents
- History
- Typographic variants
- Uppercase "Q"
- Lowercase "q"
- Use in writing systems
- English
- Other languages
- Other systems
- Other uses
- Related characters
- Descendants and related characters in the Latin alphabet
- Ancestors and siblings in other alphabets
- Derived signs, symbols and abbreviations
- Other representations
- Computing <span class="anchor" id="Computing codes"></span>
- Other
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Q, or q, is the seventeenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is pronounced , most commonly spelled cue, but also kew, kue, and que.
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