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V
22nd letter of the Latin alphabet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
V, or v, is the twenty-second 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 vee (pronounced /ˈviː/), plural vees.[1]
This article is about the letter of the Latin alphabet. For the lowercase letter of the Greek alphabet, see Nu (letter). For other uses, see V (disambiguation).
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Usage | |
Writing system | Latin script |
Type | Alphabetic and logographic |
Language of origin | Latin language |
Sound values | [v] [w] [β̞] [f] [b] [u] [ə] [ə̃] [y] [ʋ] [ɯ] [ɤ] |
In Unicode | U+0056, U+0076 |
Alphabetical position | 22 |
History | |
Development | |
Time period | ~−700 to present |
Descendants | • U • W • ∨ • ℣ • Ꮴ • Ꮙ • Ꮩ |
Sisters | F Ѵ У Ў Ұ Ү Ꝩ ו و ܘ וּ וֹ ࠅ 𐎆 𐡅 ወ વ ૂ ુ उ |
Transliterations | Y, U, W |
Other | |
Associated graphs | v(x) |
Writing direction | Left-to-right |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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