T
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This article is about the letter of the Latin alphabet. For the same letterform in the Cyrillic and Greek alphabets, see Te (Cyrillic) and Tau. For other uses, see T (disambiguation).
T, or t, is the twentieth 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 tee (pronounced /ˈtiː/), plural tees.[1]
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Writing system | Latin script |
Type | Alphabetic and logographic |
Language of origin | Latin language |
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In Unicode | U+0054, U+0074 |
Alphabetical position | 20 |
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Time period | ~−700 to present |
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Associated graphs | t(x), th, tzsch |
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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It is derived from the Semitic Taw 𐤕 of the Phoenician and Paleo-Hebrew script (Aramaic and Hebrew Taw ת/𐡕/, Syriac Taw ܬ, and Arabic ت Tāʼ) via the Greek letter τ (tau). In English, it is most commonly used to represent the voiceless alveolar plosive, a sound it also denotes in the International Phonetic Alphabet. It is the most commonly used consonant and the second-most commonly used letter in English-language texts.[2]