Y/y

Also known as y, wye, ʏ, Yankee, Y, yankee

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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Key facts

Grapheme.name: 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: class=skin-invert-image|20px|Waw
Grapheme.fam3: class=skin-invert-image|20px
Grapheme.fam4: class=skin-invert-image|20px|Waw
Grapheme.fam5: class=skin-invert-image|20px|Waw
Grapheme.fam6: Υ υ
Grapheme.usageperiod: 54 CE to present
Grapheme.associates: y(x), ly, ny
Grapheme.direction: Left-to-right
Grapheme.image: File:Latin_letter_Y.svg

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Image: Semaphore Yankee.svg

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Unicode character: 🅈
Commons category: Y
Commons gallery: Y
code: Y

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Contents

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
Computing <span class="anchor" id="Computing codes"></span>
Other
Notes
References
External links

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.