Y, or y, is the twenty-fifth and penultimate letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. According to some authorities, it is the sixth (or seventh if including W) vowel letter of the English alphabet. Its name in English is wye (pronounced ), plural wyes.
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Y, or y, is the twenty-fifth letter of the Latin alphabet and is used in English and many other languages around the world. It matters because it functions as both a consonant and a vowel in English, and understanding its role is essential for reading, writing, and proper pronunciation across multiple languages.
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- Y
- Grapheme.letter
- Y y
- Grapheme.script
- Latin script
- Grapheme.type
- Alphabet
- Grapheme.typedesc
- ic and logographic
- Grapheme.language
- Latin language
- Grapheme.unicode
- U+0059, U+0079
- Grapheme.alphanumber
- 25
- Grapheme.fam1
- T3
- Grapheme.fam2
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- Grapheme.fam4
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- Name
- History
- English
- Vowel
- Consonant
- Confusion in writing with the letter ''thorn''
- Other languages
- 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
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Y, or y, is the twenty-fifth and penultimate letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. According to some authorities, it is the sixth (or seventh if including W) vowel letter of the English alphabet. Its name in English is wye (pronounced ), plural wyes.
In the English writing system, it mostly represents a vowel and seldom a consonant, and in other orthographies it may represent a vowel or a consonant.