| U | |
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| U u | |
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Latin |
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| In Unicode |
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| Alphabetical position | 21 |
| History | |
| Development | |
| Time period | 1386 to present |
| Descendants | |
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| Associated graphs | |
| Writing direction | Left-to-right |
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| ISO basic Latin alphabet |
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| AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz |
U, or u, is the twenty-first letter and the fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet and the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is u (pronounced /ˈjuː/), plural ues.[1][2][3][a]
- ^ "U". Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. 1989.
- ^ Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged. 1993.
- ^ Brown, Goold; Kiddle, Henry (1870). The institutes of English grammar. New York, W. Wood & co. p. 19.
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