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<span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.2</span> <span>Consonant</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Consonant-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Confusion_in_writing_with_the_letter_thorn" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Confusion_in_writing_with_the_letter_thorn"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.3</span> <span>Confusion in writing with the letter <i>thorn</i></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Confusion_in_writing_with_the_letter_thorn-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_languages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_languages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Other languages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_languages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Use_in_writing_systems" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Use_in_writing_systems"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Use in writing systems</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Use_in_writing_systems-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Use in writing systems subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Use_in_writing_systems-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-English_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#English_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>English</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-English_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_languages_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_languages_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Other languages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_languages_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_systems" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_systems"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Other systems</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_systems-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_uses" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_uses"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Other uses</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_uses-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Related_characters" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Related_characters"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Related characters</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Related_characters-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Related characters subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Related_characters-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Descendants_and_related_characters_in_the_Latin_alphabet" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Descendants_and_related_characters_in_the_Latin_alphabet"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Descendants and related characters in the Latin alphabet</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Descendants_and_related_characters_in_the_Latin_alphabet-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ancestors_and_siblings_in_other_alphabets" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ancestors_and_siblings_in_other_alphabets"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Ancestors and siblings in other alphabets</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ancestors_and_siblings_in_other_alphabets-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Derived_signs,_symbols_and_abbreviations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_signs,_symbols_and_abbreviations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Derived signs, symbols and abbreviations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_signs,_symbols_and_abbreviations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_representations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_representations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Other representations</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Other_representations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Other representations subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Other_representations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Computing" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Computing"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Computing</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Computing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Other</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> 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hreflang="af" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arc mw-list-item"><a href="https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Aramaic" lang="arc" hreflang="arc" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="ܐܪܡܝܐ" data-language-local-name="Aramaic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ܐܪܡܝܐ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_(tai)" title="Y (tai) – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Y (tai)" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_(%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0)" title="Y (літара) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Y (літара)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_(%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0)" title="Y (літара) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Y (літара)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_(lizherenn)" title="Y (lizherenn) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Y (lizherenn)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_(lettre)" title="Y (lettre) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Y (lettre)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xal mw-list-item"><a href="https://xal.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_%D2%AF%D0%B7%D0%B3" title="Y үзг – Kalmyk" lang="xal" hreflang="xal" data-title="Y үзг" data-language-autonym="Хальмг" data-language-local-name="Kalmyk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Хальмг</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_(%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6)" title="Y (լատինական) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Y (լատինական)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gor mw-list-item"><a href="https://gor.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Gorontalo" lang="gor" hreflang="gor" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Hulontalo" data-language-local-name="Gorontalo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Hulontalo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%88_(%E0%B4%87%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B7%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B7%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82)" title="വൈ (ഇംഗ്ലീഷക്ഷരം) – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വൈ (ഇംഗ്ലീഷക്ഷരം)" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA_(%E1%80%A1%E1%80%80%E1%80%B9%E1%80%81%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AC)" title="ဝိုင် (အက္ခရာ) – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဝိုင် (အက္ခရာ)" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah mw-list-item"><a href="https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Nahuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Nāhuatl" data-language-local-name="Nahuatl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nāhuatl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item"><a href="https://fj.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Fijian" lang="fj" hreflang="fj" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Na Vosa Vakaviti" data-language-local-name="Fijian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Na Vosa Vakaviti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_(letter)" title="Y (letter) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Y (letter)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_(buksteew)" title="Y (buksteew) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Y (buksteew)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_(%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B5)" title="Y (латин тиште) – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Y (латин тиште)" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_(lotin)" title="Y (lotin) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Y (lotin)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%88_(%E0%A8%85%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BC%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%85%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%B0)" title="ਵਾਈ (ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ੀ ਅੱਖਰ) – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਵਾਈ (ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ੀ ਅੱਖਰ)" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_grec" title="Y grec – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Y grec" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Y" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y" title="Y – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Y" 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id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Penultimate letter of the Latin alphabet</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the letter of the Latin alphabet. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Y_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Y (disambiguation)">Y (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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title="Latin language">Latin language</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Sound values</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1190286162">.mw-parser-output .template-grid-list-2em ul,.mw-parser-output .template-grid-list-3em ul{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .template-grid-list-2em li,.mw-parser-output .template-grid-list-3em li{display:inline-block;text-align:center;padding:0 0.25em}.mw-parser-output .template-grid-list-2em li{min-width:1.5em}.mw-parser-output .template-grid-list-3em li{min-width:2.5em}.mw-parser-output .template-grid-list-abcd ul{border:1px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .template-grid-list-abcd li{display:inline-block;text-align:center;min-width:1.57em;padding:0}</style> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist template-grid-list-3em"><ul><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_palatal_approximant" title="Voiced palatal approximant">j</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close front unrounded vowel">i</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close front unrounded vowel">iː</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Near-close_near-front_unrounded_vowel" title="Near-close near-front unrounded vowel">ɪ</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Close-mid_central_unrounded_vowel" title="Close-mid central unrounded vowel">ɘ</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Mid_central_vowel" title="Mid central vowel">ə</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Close_back_unrounded_vowel" title="Close back unrounded vowel">ɯ</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Open-mid front unrounded vowel">ɛː</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_labial%E2%80%93palatal_approximant" title="Voiced labial–palatal approximant">ɥ</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_post-palatal_fricative" class="mw-redirect" title="Voiced post-palatal fricative">ɣ̟</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">ɛi</span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Close_front_rounded_vowel" title="Close front rounded vowel">y</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Near-close_near-front_rounded_vowel" title="Near-close near-front rounded vowel">ʏ</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Close_central_unrounded_vowel" title="Close central unrounded vowel">ɨ</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Glottal_stop" title="Glottal stop">ʔ</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_palatal_fricative" title="Voiced palatal fricative">ʝ</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_palatal_affricate" title="Voiced palatal affricate">ɟ͡ʝ</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_postalveolar_affricate" title="Voiced postalveolar affricate">d͡ʒ</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_affricate" title="Voiced alveolar affricate">d͡z</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_postalveolar_fricative" title="Voiced postalveolar fricative">ʒ</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiceless_postalveolar_fricative" title="Voiceless postalveolar fricative">ʃ</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiceless_dental_fricative" title="Voiceless dental fricative">θ</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_dental_fricative" title="Voiced dental fricative">ð</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_non-sibilant_fricative" class="mw-redirect" title="Voiceless alveolar non-sibilant fricative">θ̠</a></span>]</li><li>[<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_fricative" title="Voiced alveolar fricative">z</a></span>]</li><li><span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span></span>/</a></span></span></li><li><span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span></span>/</a></span></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">In <a href="/wiki/Unicode" title="Unicode">Unicode</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><code>U+0059, U+0079</code></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alphabetical position</th><td class="infobox-data">25</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lightblue; color:black; font-variant/style: ;">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Development</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="font-size: 1.25em;"><table class="mw-hiero-table mw-hiero-outer" dir="ltr"><tbody><tr><td> <table 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style="margin-left:0.45em;"><li><b>Y y</b></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Time period</th><td class="infobox-data">54 to present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Sisters</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1190286162"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist template-grid-list-3em"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/U" title="U">U</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/V" title="V">V</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/W" title="W">W</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_orthography" title="Welsh orthography">Ỿ</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/%C2%A5" class="mw-redirect" title="¥">¥</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/%E1%8F%89" class="mw-redirect" title="Ꮙ">Ꮙ</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/%E1%8E%BD" class="mw-redirect" title="Ꮍ">Ꮍ</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/%E1%8E%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Ꭹ">Ꭹ</a> <a href="/wiki/F" title="F">F</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/%D1%B4" class="mw-redirect" title="Ѵ">Ѵ</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/%D0%A3" class="mw-redirect" title="У">У</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/%D0%8E" class="mw-redirect" title="Ў">Ў</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/%D2%B0" class="mw-redirect" title="Ұ">Ұ</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/%D2%AE" class="mw-redirect" title="Ү">Ү</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Waw_(letter)" title="Waw (letter)">ו</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Waw_(letter)" title="Waw (letter)">و</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Waw_(letter)" title="Waw (letter)">ܘ</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/%D7%95%D6%BC" class="mw-redirect" title="וּ">וּ</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/%D7%95%D6%B9" class="mw-redirect" title="וֹ">וֹ</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%A0%85" class="mw-redirect" title="ࠅ">ࠅ</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/%F0%90%8E%86" class="mw-redirect" title="𐎆">𐎆</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/%F0%90%A1%85" class="mw-redirect" title="𐡅">𐡅</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/%E1%8B%88" class="mw-redirect" title="ወ">ወ</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%AA%AF" class="mw-redirect" title="ય">ય</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%AF" class="mw-redirect" title="य">य</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC" class="mw-redirect" title="য়">য়</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lightblue; color:black; font-variant/style: ;">Other</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Associated graphs</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Latin-script_digraphs#Y" title="List of Latin-script digraphs">y(x)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ly_(digraph)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ly (digraph)">ly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ny_(digraph)" title="Ny (digraph)">ny</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Writing direction</th><td class="infobox-data">Left-to-right</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint selfref" style="background:#ddf; padding:0.3em 0.5em;text-align:left;line-height:1.3;">This article contains <b><a 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title="X">Xx</a></span><span style="width: 3em; text-align: center; display: inline-block"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Yy</a></span><span style="width: 3em; text-align: center; display: inline-block"><a href="/wiki/Z" title="Z">Zz</a></span></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar 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According to some authorities, it is the sixth (or seventh if including <a href="/wiki/W" title="W">W</a>) <a href="/wiki/Vowel#Written_vowels" title="Vowel">vowel letter</a> of the English alphabet.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its name in English is <a href="/wiki/English_alphabet#Letter_names" title="English alphabet"><i>wye</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (pronounced <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span></span>/</a></span></span>), plural <i>wyes</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/English_orthography" title="English orthography">the English writing system</a>, it mostly represents a <a href="/wiki/Vowel" title="Vowel">vowel</a> and seldom a <a href="/wiki/Consonant" title="Consonant">consonant</a>, and in other <a href="/wiki/Orthography" title="Orthography">orthographies</a> it may represent a vowel or a consonant. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2></div> <p>In Latin, Y was named <i>I graeca</i> ("Greek I"), since the classical Greek sound <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/y/</span>, similar to modern German <i>ü</i> or French <i>u</i>, was not a native sound for Latin speakers, and the letter was initially only used to spell foreign words. This history has led to the standard modern names of the letter in Romance languages – <i>i grego</i> in Galician, <i>i grega</i> in Catalan, <i>i grec</i> in French and Romanian, and <i>i greca</i> in Italian – all meaning "Greek I". The names <i>igrek</i> in Polish and <i><span title="Vietnamese-language text"><i lang="vi">i gờ-rét</i></span></i> in Vietnamese are both phonetic borrowings of the French name. In Dutch, the letter is either only found in loanwords, or is practically equivalent to the digraph <a href="/wiki/IJ_(digraph)" title="IJ (digraph)">IJ</a>. Hence, both <i>Griekse ij</i> and <i>i-grec</i> are used, as well as <i>ypsilon</i>. In Spanish, Y is also called <i>i griega</i>; however, in the twentieth century, the shorter name <i>ye</i> was proposed and was officially recognized as its name in 2010 by the <a href="/wiki/Real_Academia_Espa%C3%B1ola" class="mw-redirect" title="Real Academia Española">Real Academia Española</a>, although its original name is still accepted.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The original Greek name, υ ψιλόν (<i><a href="/wiki/Upsilon" title="Upsilon">upsilon</a></i>), has also been adapted into several modern languages. For example, it is called <i>Ypsilon</i> in German, <i>ypsilon</i> in Dutch, and <i><span title="Icelandic-language text"><i lang="is">ufsilon</i></span> i</i> in Icelandic. Both names are used in Italian, <i>ipsilon</i> or <i>i greca</i>; likewise in Portuguese, <i>ípsilon</i> or <i>i grego</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Faroese, the letter is simply called <i>seinna i</i> ("later i") because of its later place in the alphabet. France has a commune called <a href="/wiki/Y,_Somme" title="Y, Somme">Y</a>, pronounced <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/i/</span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/a\/a9\/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Jules78120-i.wav\/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Jules78120-i.wav.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-i.wav"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a9/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Jules78120-i.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Jules78120-i.wav.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q150_(fra)-Jules78120-i.wav" title="File:LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-i.wav">ⓘ</a></sup></span>, whose inhabitants go by the demonym <i>upsilonienne</i>/<i>upsilonien</i> in feminine and masculine form respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Proto-Sinaitic </th> <th>Phoenician<br /><a href="/wiki/Waw_(letter)" title="Waw (letter)">waw</a> </th> <th>Western Greek<br /><a href="/wiki/Upsilon" title="Upsilon">Upsilon</a> </th> <th>Latin<br />Y </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Proto-semiticW-01.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Proto-semiticW-01.png/40px-Proto-semiticW-01.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Proto-semiticW-01.png/60px-Proto-semiticW-01.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Proto-semiticW-01.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> </td> <td><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:PhoenicianW-01.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/PhoenicianW-01.svg/40px-PhoenicianW-01.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/PhoenicianW-01.svg/60px-PhoenicianW-01.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/PhoenicianW-01.svg/80px-PhoenicianW-01.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td> <td><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greek_Upsilon_normal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Greek_Upsilon_normal.svg/40px-Greek_Upsilon_normal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Greek_Upsilon_normal.svg/60px-Greek_Upsilon_normal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Greek_Upsilon_normal.svg/80px-Greek_Upsilon_normal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="43" data-file-height="53" /></a></span> </td> <td><span class="mw-default-size skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Capitalis_monumentalis_Y.SVG" class="mw-file-description" title="Latin Y"><img alt="Latin Y" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Capitalis_monumentalis_Y.SVG/29px-Capitalis_monumentalis_Y.SVG.png" decoding="async" width="29" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Capitalis_monumentalis_Y.SVG/43px-Capitalis_monumentalis_Y.SVG.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Capitalis_monumentalis_Y.SVG/58px-Capitalis_monumentalis_Y.SVG.png 2x" data-file-width="52" data-file-height="54" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The oldest direct ancestor of the letter Y was the <a href="/wiki/Semitic_alphabets" class="mw-redirect" title="Semitic alphabets">Semitic</a> letter <i><a href="/wiki/Waw_(letter)" title="Waw (letter)">waw</a></i> (pronounced as <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[w]</span>), from which also come <a href="/wiki/F" title="F">F</a>, <a href="/wiki/U" title="U">U</a>, <a href="/wiki/V" title="V">V</a>, and <a href="/wiki/W" title="W">W</a>. See <a href="/wiki/F" title="F">F</a> for details. The Greek and Latin alphabets developed from the <a href="/wiki/Phoenician_alphabet" title="Phoenician alphabet">Phoenician</a> form of this early alphabet. </p><p>The form of the modern letter Y is derived from the Greek letter <a href="/wiki/Upsilon" title="Upsilon">upsilon</a>. It dates back to the Latin of the first century BC, when upsilon was introduced a second time, this time with its "foot" to distinguish it. It was used to transcribe loanwords from the <a href="/wiki/Attic_Greek" title="Attic Greek">Attic</a> dialect of Greek, which had the non-Latin vowel sound <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/y/</span> (as found in modern French <i>cru</i> (raw) or German <i>grün</i> (green)) in words that had been pronounced with <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/u/</span> in earlier Greek. </p><p>Because <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[y]</span> was not a native sound of Latin, Latin speakers had trouble pronouncing it, and it was usually pronounced <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/i/</span>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Some Latin words of <a href="/wiki/Italic_languages" title="Italic languages">Italic</a> origin also came to be spelled with 'y': Latin <i>silva</i> ('forest') was commonly spelled <i>sylva</i>, in analogy with the Greek cognate and synonym <i>ὕλη</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="English">English</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Y" title="Special:EditPage/Y">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Summary of the sources of <a href="/wiki/Modern_English" title="Modern English">Modern English</a> "Y" </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Phoenician</th> <th rowspan="2">Greek</th> <th rowspan="2">Latin</th> <th colspan="3"> English (<i>approximate</i> times of changes) </th></tr> <tr> <th>Old</th> <th>Middle</th> <th>Modern </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Phoenician_waw.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Phoenician_waw.svg/75px-Phoenician_waw.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Phoenician_waw.svg/113px-Phoenician_waw.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Phoenician_waw.svg/150px-Phoenician_waw.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="85" data-file-height="85" /></a></span></td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Upsilon_uc_lc.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Upsilon_uc_lc.svg/100px-Upsilon_uc_lc.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Upsilon_uc_lc.svg/150px-Upsilon_uc_lc.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Upsilon_uc_lc.svg/200px-Upsilon_uc_lc.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></td> <td>V →</td> <td>U →</td> <td>V/U/VV/UU →</td> <td>V/U/W </td></tr> <tr> <td>Y →</td> <td><b>Y (vowel <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/y/</span>)</b> →</td> <td><b>Y (vowel <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/i/</span>)</b> →</td> <td><b>Y (vowels)</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Phoenician_gimel.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Phoenician_gimel.svg/75px-Phoenician_gimel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Phoenician_gimel.svg/113px-Phoenician_gimel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Phoenician_gimel.svg/150px-Phoenician_gimel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="85" data-file-height="85" /></a></span></td> <td rowspan="3"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gamma_uc_lc.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Gamma_uc_lc.svg/100px-Gamma_uc_lc.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Gamma_uc_lc.svg/150px-Gamma_uc_lc.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Gamma_uc_lc.svg/200px-Gamma_uc_lc.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></td> <td colspan="4">C → </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">G →</td> <td rowspan="2"><b>Ᵹ (consonantal <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɡ/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/j/</span> or <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɣ/</span></b>) →</td> <td rowspan="2"><b>Ȝ</b> <b>(consonantal <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɡ/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/j/</span> or <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɣ/</span></b>) → </td> <td>G/GH </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Y (consonant)</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Vowel">Vowel</h4></div> <p>The letter Y was used to represent the sound <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/y/</span> in <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a>, so Latin <span class="nowrap">⟨u⟩</span>, <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> and <span class="nowrap">⟨i⟩</span> were all used to represent distinct vowel sounds. But, by the time of <a href="/wiki/Middle_English" title="Middle English">Middle English</a>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/y/</span> had lost its <a href="/wiki/Roundedness" title="Roundedness">roundedness</a> and became identical to <span class="nowrap">⟨i⟩</span> (<span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/iː/</span> and <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɪ/</span>). Therefore, many words that originally had <span class="nowrap">⟨i⟩</span> were spelled with <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span>, and vice versa. </p><p>In Modern English, <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> can represent the same vowel sounds as the letter <span class="nowrap">⟨i⟩</span>. The use of <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> to represent a vowel is more restricted in Modern English than it was in Middle and early Modern English. It occurs mainly in the following three environments: <a href="/wiki/Greek_words_in_English#The_written_form_of_Greek_words_in_English" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek words in English">for upsilon in Greek loan-words</a> (<i>s<b>y</b>stem</i>: Greek σ<b>ύ</b>στημα), at the end of a word (<i>rye, city</i>; compare <i>cities</i>, where S is final), and in place of I before the ending <i>-ing</i> (<i>dy-ing</i>, <i>ty-ing</i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Consonant">Consonant</h4></div> <p>As a consonant in English, <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> normally represents a <a href="/wiki/Palatal_approximant" class="mw-redirect" title="Palatal approximant">palatal approximant</a>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/j/</span> (<i><b>y</b>ear</i>, <i><b>y</b>ore</i>). In this usage, the letter Y has replaced the <a href="/wiki/Middle_English" title="Middle English">Middle English</a> letter <i><a href="/wiki/Yogh" title="Yogh">yogh</a></i> (Ȝȝ), which developed from the letter <a href="/wiki/G" title="G">G</a>, ultimately from Semitic <i><a href="/wiki/Gimel" title="Gimel">gimel</a></i>. Yogh could also represent other sounds, such as <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɣ/</span>, which came to be written <i><a href="/wiki/Gh_(digraph)" title="Gh (digraph)">gh</a></i> in Middle English. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Confusion_in_writing_with_the_letter_thorn">Confusion in writing with the letter <i>thorn</i></h4></div> <p>When printing was introduced to Great Britain, <a href="/wiki/William_Caxton" title="William Caxton">Caxton</a> and other English printers used Y in place of Þ (<a href="/wiki/Thorn_(letter)" title="Thorn (letter)">thorn</a>: Modern English <i>th</i>), which did not exist in continental <a href="/wiki/Typeface" title="Typeface">typefaces</a>. From this convention comes the spelling of <i>the</i> as <i>ye</i> in the mock archaism <i><a href="/wiki/Ye_olde" title="Ye olde">Ye Olde Shoppe</a></i>. But, in spite of the spelling, pronunciation was the same as for modern <i>the</i> (stressed <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ðiː/</span>, unstressed <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ðə/</span>). Pronouncing the article <i>ye</i> as <i>yee</i> (<span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/jiː/</span>) is purely a modern <a href="/wiki/Spelling_pronunciation" title="Spelling pronunciation">spelling pronunciation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_languages">Other languages</h3></div> <p>In some of the <a href="/wiki/Nordic_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Nordic languages">Nordic languages</a>, <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> is used to represent the sound <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/y/</span>. The distinction between <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/y/</span> and <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/i/</span> has been lost in <a href="/wiki/Icelandic_language" title="Icelandic language">Icelandic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Faroese_language" title="Faroese language">Faroese</a>, making the distinction purely orthographic and historical. A similar merger of <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/y/</span> into <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/i/</span> happened in Greek around the beginning of the 2nd millennium, making the distinction between iota (Ι, ι) and upsilon (Υ, υ) purely a matter of historical spelling there as well. The distinction is retained in <a href="/wiki/Danish_language" title="Danish language">Danish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_language" title="Norwegian language">Norwegian</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/West_Slavic_languages" title="West Slavic languages">West Slavic languages</a>, <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> was adopted as a sign for the close central unrounded vowel <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɨ/</span>; later, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɨ/</span> merged with <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/i/</span> in Czech and Slovak, whereas Polish retains it with the pronunciation <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[ɘ]</span>. Similarly, in <a href="/wiki/Middle_Welsh" title="Middle Welsh">Middle Welsh</a>, <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> came to be used to designate the vowels <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɨ/</span> and <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɘ/</span> in a way predictable from the position of the vowel in the word. Since then, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɨ/</span> has merged with <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/i/</span> in Southern Welsh dialects, but <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɘ/</span> is retained. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use_in_writing_systems">Use in writing systems</h2></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible"> <caption>Pronunciation of <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> by language </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Orthography </th> <th>Phonemes </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Afrikaans_alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="Afrikaans alphabet">Afrikaans</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/əi/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Albanian_orthography" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian orthography">Albanian</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_front_rounded_vowel" title="Close front rounded vowel">y</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Alemannic_German" title="Alemannic German">Alemannic</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close front unrounded vowel">iː</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_alphabet" title="Azerbaijani alphabet">Azerbaijani</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Voiced_palatal_approximant" title="Voiced palatal approximant">j</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Chamorro_alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamorro alphabet">Chamorro</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_affricate" title="Voiced alveolar affricate">d͡z</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Chinese</a></span> (<a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>) </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Voiced_palatal_approximant" title="Voiced palatal approximant">j</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Cornish_orthography" class="mw-redirect" title="Cornish orthography">Cornish</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close front unrounded vowel">i</a>/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Near-close_near-front_unrounded_vowel" title="Near-close near-front unrounded vowel">ɪ</a>/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Voiced_palatal_approximant" title="Voiced palatal approximant">j</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Czech_orthography" title="Czech orthography">Czech</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close front unrounded vowel">i</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Danish_orthography" title="Danish orthography">Danish</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_front_rounded_vowel" title="Close front rounded vowel">y</a>/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Near-close_near-front_rounded_vowel" title="Near-close near-front rounded vowel">ʏ</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Dutch_orthography" title="Dutch orthography">Dutch</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɛi/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close front unrounded vowel">i</a>/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Near-close_near-front_unrounded_vowel" title="Near-close near-front unrounded vowel">ɪ</a>/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Voiced_palatal_approximant" title="Voiced palatal approximant">j</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/English_orthography" title="English orthography">English</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Near-close_near-front_unrounded_vowel" title="Near-close near-front unrounded vowel">ɪ</a>/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/aɪ/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close front unrounded vowel">i</a>/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Mid_central_vowel" title="Mid central vowel">ə</a>/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Open-mid_central_unrounded_vowel" title="Open-mid central unrounded vowel">ɜː</a>/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/aɪə/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Voiced_palatal_approximant" title="Voiced palatal approximant">j</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Faroese_orthography" title="Faroese orthography">Faroese</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close front unrounded vowel">i</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Finnish_orthography" title="Finnish orthography">Finnish</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_front_rounded_vowel" title="Close front rounded vowel">y</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/German_orthography" title="German orthography">German</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_front_rounded_vowel" title="Close front rounded vowel">y</a>/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Near-close_near-front_rounded_vowel" title="Near-close near-front rounded vowel">ʏ</a>/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Voiced_palatal_approximant" title="Voiced palatal approximant">j</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Guarani_alphabet" title="Guarani alphabet">Guarani</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_central_unrounded_vowel" title="Close central unrounded vowel">ɨ</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_orthography" title="Icelandic orthography">Icelandic</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Near-close_near-front_unrounded_vowel" title="Near-close near-front unrounded vowel">ɪ</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Khasi_language" title="Khasi language">Khasi</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Glottal_stop" title="Glottal stop">ʔ</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_orthography" title="Lithuanian orthography">Lithuanian</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close front unrounded vowel">iː</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Malagasy_alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="Malagasy alphabet">Malagasy</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close front unrounded vowel">i</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Manx_orthography" class="mw-redirect" title="Manx orthography">Manx</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Mid_central_vowel" title="Mid central vowel">ə</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_orthography" title="Norwegian orthography">Norwegian</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_front_rounded_vowel" title="Close front rounded vowel">y</a>/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Near-close_near-front_rounded_vowel" title="Near-close near-front rounded vowel">ʏ</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Polish_orthography" title="Polish orthography">Polish</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_central_unrounded_vowel" title="Close central unrounded vowel">ɨ</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Slovak_orthography" title="Slovak orthography">Slovak</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close front unrounded vowel">i</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Spanish_orthography" title="Spanish orthography">Spanish</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Voiced_palatal_fricative" title="Voiced palatal fricative">ʝ</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Swedish_orthography" title="Swedish orthography">Swedish</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_front_rounded_vowel" title="Close front rounded vowel">y</a>/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Near-close_near-front_rounded_vowel" title="Near-close near-front rounded vowel">ʏ</a>/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Voiced_palatal_approximant" title="Voiced palatal approximant">j</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Turkish_alphabet" title="Turkish alphabet">Turkish</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Voiced_palatal_approximant" title="Voiced palatal approximant">j</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Turkmen_orthography" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkmen orthography">Turkmen</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_back_unrounded_vowel" title="Close back unrounded vowel">ɯ</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Uzbek_alphabet" title="Uzbek alphabet">Uzbek</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Voiced_palatal_approximant" title="Voiced palatal approximant">j</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_orthography" class="mw-redirect" title="Vietnamese orthography">Vietnamese</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close front unrounded vowel">i</a>/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Welsh_orthography" title="Welsh orthography">Welsh</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Near-close_central_unrounded_vowel" class="mw-redirect" title="Near-close central unrounded vowel">ɨ̞</a>/</span> or <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Near-close_near-front_unrounded_vowel" title="Near-close near-front unrounded vowel">ɪ</a>/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_central_unrounded_vowel" title="Close central unrounded vowel">ɨː</a>/</span> or <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close front unrounded vowel">iː</a>/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Mid_central_vowel" title="Mid central vowel">ə</a>/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Mid_central_vowel" title="Mid central vowel">ə</a>/</span> or <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Mid_central_vowel" title="Mid central vowel">əː</a>/</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="English_2">English</h3></div> <p>As <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span></span>/</a></span></span>: </p> <ul><li>at the beginning of a word, as in <i>yes</i></li> <li>at the beginning of a syllable before a vowel, as in <i>beyond</i>, <i>lawyer</i>, <i>canyon</i></li></ul> <p>As <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span></span>/</a></span></span>: </p> <ul><li>under stress in an open syllable, as in <i>my</i>, <i>type</i>, <i>rye</i>, <i>lying</i>, <i>pyre</i>, <i>tyre</i>, <i>typhoon</i></li> <li>in a stressed open syllable, as in <i>hyphen</i>, <i>cycle</i>, <i>cylon</i></li> <li>in a pretonic open syllable, as in <i>hypothesis</i>, <i>psychologist</i></li> <li>word-finally after a consonant in some words, such as <i>ally</i>, <i>unify</i></li></ul> <p>As <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span>: </p> <ul><li>without stress at the end of multi-syllable word, as in <i>happy</i>, <i>baby</i>, <i>lucky</i>, <i>accuracy</i></li> <li>used as a part of the <a href="/wiki/Digraph_(orthography)" title="Digraph (orthography)">digraph</a> <span class="nowrap">⟨ey⟩</span> at the end of some words, as in <i>money</i>, <i>key</i>, <i>valley</i></li></ul> <p>As non-syllabic <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[ɪ̯]</span> (part of the <a href="/wiki/Diphthong" title="Diphthong">diphthongs</a> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span></span>/</a></span></span>, <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɔɪ/: 'oi' in 'choice'">ɔɪ</span></span>/</a></span></span>): </p> <ul><li>after vowels at the end of words, as in <i>play</i>, <i>grey</i>, <i>boy</i></li></ul> <p>As <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span></span>/</a></span></span>: </p> <ul><li>in a closed syllable without stress and with stress as in <i>myth</i>, <i>system</i>, <i>gymnastics</i></li> <li>in a closed syllable under stress as in <i>typical</i>, <i>lyric</i></li> <li>in an open syllable without stress as in <i>physique</i>, <i>oxygen</i></li></ul> <p>Other: </p> <ul><li>combining with <span class="nowrap">⟨r⟩</span> as <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɜːr/: 'ur' in 'fur'">ɜːr</span></span>/</a></span></span> under stress (like <span class="nowrap">⟨i⟩</span> in <i>bird</i>), as in <i>myrtle</i>, <i>myrrh</i></li> <li>as <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span> (<a href="/wiki/Schwa" class="mw-redirect" title="Schwa">schwa</a>) in words like <i>martyr</i></li></ul> <p>In <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> <a href="/wiki/Morphology_(linguistics)" title="Morphology (linguistics)">morphology</a>, <i>-y</i> is an <a href="/wiki/Adjective" title="Adjective">adjectival</a> suffix. </p><p>Y is the <a href="/wiki/Letter_frequency" title="Letter frequency">ninth least frequently used letter</a> in the English language (after <a href="/wiki/P" title="P">P</a>, <a href="/wiki/B" title="B">B</a>, <a href="/wiki/V" title="V">V</a>, <a href="/wiki/K" title="K">K</a>, <a href="/wiki/J" title="J">J</a>, <a href="/wiki/X" title="X">X</a>, <a href="/wiki/Q" title="Q">Q</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Z" title="Z">Z</a>), with a frequency of about 2% in words. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_languages_2">Other languages</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pronouciation_of_Y.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Pronouciation_of_Y.png/220px-Pronouciation_of_Y.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Pronouciation_of_Y.png/330px-Pronouciation_of_Y.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Pronouciation_of_Y.png/440px-Pronouciation_of_Y.png 2x" data-file-width="743" data-file-height="585" /></a><figcaption>Pronunciation of written <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> in European languages (Actual pronunciation may vary)</figcaption></figure> <p><span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> represents the sounds <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/y/</span> or <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ʏ/</span> (sometimes long) in the <a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Scandinavian language">Scandinavian languages</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Danish_language" title="Danish language">Danish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>, its use as a semivowel is limited to <a href="/wiki/Loanword" title="Loanword">loanwords</a>, whereas in <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_language" title="Norwegian language">Norwegian</a>, it appears as a semivowel in native words such as <i>høyre</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/²hœʏ̯.rə/</span>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2024-05_Uitrit_vrijlaten_Dutch_sign_ZvD.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/2024-05_Uitrit_vrijlaten_Dutch_sign_ZvD.jpg/220px-2024-05_Uitrit_vrijlaten_Dutch_sign_ZvD.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/2024-05_Uitrit_vrijlaten_Dutch_sign_ZvD.jpg/330px-2024-05_Uitrit_vrijlaten_Dutch_sign_ZvD.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/2024-05_Uitrit_vrijlaten_Dutch_sign_ZvD.jpg/440px-2024-05_Uitrit_vrijlaten_Dutch_sign_ZvD.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6240" data-file-height="3512" /></a><figcaption>Dutch sign written with <i>UITRIT VRIJLATEN</i>, "keep exit clear". Y is traditionally used for IJ because it looks similar in <a href="/wiki/Cursive" title="Cursive">cursive writing</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a> and <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>, <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> appears only in <a href="/wiki/Loanword" title="Loanword">loanwords</a> and <a href="/wiki/Proper_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Proper name">proper name</a>: </p> <ul><li>In Dutch, it usually represents <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/i/</span>. It may sometimes be left out of the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch alphabet">Dutch alphabet</a> and replaced with the <span class="nowrap">⟨<a href="/wiki/IJ_(digraph)" title="IJ (digraph)">ij</a>⟩</span> digraph, representing the diphthong <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[ɛi]</span>. In addition, <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> and <span class="nowrap">⟨ÿ⟩</span> are occasionally used instead of Dutch <span class="nowrap">⟨IJ⟩</span> and <span class="nowrap">⟨ij⟩</span>, although this spelling is archaic.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/German_orthography" title="German orthography">German orthography</a>, the pronunciation <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/yː/</span> has taken hold since the 19th century in classical loanwords – for instance in words like <i>typisch</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ˈtyːpɪʃ/</span> 'typical', <i>Hyäne</i>, <i>Hysterie</i>, <i>mysteriös</i>, <i>Syndrom</i>, <i>System</i>, and <i>Typ</i>. It is also used for the sound <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/j/</span> in loanwords, such as <i>Yacht</i> (variation spelling: <i><b>J</b>acht</i>), <i>Yak</i>, and <i>Yeti</i>. However, <i>yo-yo</i> is spelled "<i><b>J</b>o-<b>J</b>o</i>" in German, and <i>yoghurt</i>/<i>yogurt</i>/<i>yoghourt</i> is "<i><b>J</b>oghurt</i>". The letter <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> is also used in many geographical names, e.g. <i>Bayern</i> Bavaria, <i>Ägypten</i> Egypt, <i>Libyen</i> Libya, <i>Paraguay</i>, <i>Syrien</i> Syria, <i>Uruguay</i>, and <i>Zypern</i> Cyprus (but <i><b>J</b>emen</i> for <i>Yemen</i> and <i><b>J</b>ugoslawien</i> for <i>Yugoslavia</i>). Especially in German names, the pronunciations <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/iː/</span> or <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɪ/</span> occur as well; for instance, in the name <i><a href="/wiki/Meyer_(surname)" title="Meyer (surname)">Meyer</a></i>, where it serves as a variant of <span class="nowrap">⟨i⟩</span>, <abbr title="compare">cf.</abbr> <i><a href="/wiki/Meier_(surname)" title="Meier (surname)">Meier</a></i>, another common spelling of the name. In German, the y is preserved in the plural form of some loanwords such as <i>Bab<b>y</b>s</i>, 'bab<b>ie</b>s' and <i>Part<b>y</b>s</i>, 'part<b>ie</b>s'.</li></ul> <p>A <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> that derives from the <span class="nowrap">⟨ij⟩</span> ligature occurs in the <a href="/wiki/Afrikaans_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Afrikaans language">Afrikaans language</a>, a descendant of Dutch, and in <a href="/wiki/Alemannic_German" title="Alemannic German">Alemannic German</a> names. In Afrikaans, it denotes the diphthong <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[əi]</span>. In Alemannic German names, it denotes long <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/iː/</span>, for instance in <i><a href="/wiki/Schnyder" title="Schnyder">Schnyder</a></i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="de-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[ˈʃniːdər]</a></span> or <i><a href="/wiki/Schwyz" title="Schwyz">Schwyz</a></i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="de-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[ˈʃʋiːts]</a></span> – the cognate non-Alemannic German names <i><a href="/wiki/Schneider_(surname)" title="Schneider (surname)">Schneider</a></i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="de-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[ˈʃnaɪdər]</a></span> or <i><a href="/wiki/Schweiz" class="mw-redirect" title="Schweiz">Schweiz</a></i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="de-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[ʃʋaɪts]</a></span> have the diphthong <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/aɪ/</span> that developed from long <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/iː/</span>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_orthography" title="Hungarian orthography">Hungarian orthography</a>, y is only used in the digraphs "gy", "ly", "ny", "ty", in some surnames (e.g. <i>Bátory</i>), and in foreign words. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Icelandic_orthography" title="Icelandic orthography">Icelandic writing system</a>, due to the loss of the Old Norse rounding of the vowel <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/y/</span>, the letters <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> and <span class="nowrap">⟨ý⟩</span> are now pronounced identically to the letters <span class="nowrap">⟨i⟩</span> and <span class="nowrap">⟨í⟩</span>, namely as <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɪ/</span> and <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/i/</span> respectively. The difference in spelling is thus purely etymological. In <a href="/wiki/Faroese_language" title="Faroese language">Faroese</a>, too, the contrast has been lost, and <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> is always pronounced <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/i/</span>, whereas the accented versions <span class="nowrap">⟨ý⟩</span> and <span class="nowrap">⟨í⟩</span> designate the same diphthong <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ʊi/</span> (shortened to <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/u/</span> in some environments). In both languages, it can also form part of diphthongs such as <span class="nowrap">⟨ey⟩</span> (in both languages), pronounced <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ei/</span>, and <span class="nowrap">⟨oy⟩</span>, pronounced <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɔi/</span> (Faroese only). </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/French_orthography" title="French orthography">French orthography</a>, <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> is pronounced as <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[i]</span> when a vowel (as in the words <i>cycle</i>, <i>y</i>) and as <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[j]</span> as a consonant (as in <i>yeux</i>, <i>voyez</i>). It alternates orthographically with <span class="nowrap">⟨i⟩</span> in the conjugations of some verbs, indicating a <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[j]</span> sound. In most cases when <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> follows a vowel, it modifies the pronunciation of the vowel: <span class="nowrap">⟨ay⟩</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[ɛ]</span>, <span class="nowrap">⟨oy⟩</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[wa]</span>, <span class="nowrap">⟨uy⟩</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[ɥi]</span>. The letter <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> has double function (modifying the vowel as well as being pronounced as <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[j]</span> or <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[i]</span>) in the words <i>payer</i>, <i>balayer</i>, <i>moyen</i>, <i>essuyer</i>, <i>pays</i>, etc., but in some words it has only a single function: <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[j]</span> in <i>bayer</i>, <i>mayonnaise</i>, <i>coyote</i>; modifying the vowel at the end of proper names like <i>Chardonnay</i> and <i>Fourcroy</i>. In French, <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> can have a <a href="/wiki/Diaeresis_(diacritic)" title="Diaeresis (diacritic)">diaeresis</a> (<i>tréma</i>) as in <a href="/wiki/Mo%C3%BF-de-l%27Aisne" title="Moÿ-de-l'Aisne">Moÿ-de-l'Aisne</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Santiago_de_Parada,_Nigr%C3%A1n,_YGLESIA_DE_REFVGIO_1835.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A niche with a white statue of Saint James. Under it, the top of a gate is visible. On it is engraved "YGLESIA DE REFVGIO"" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Santiago_de_Parada%2C_Nigr%C3%A1n%2C_YGLESIA_DE_REFVGIO_1835.jpg/220px-Santiago_de_Parada%2C_Nigr%C3%A1n%2C_YGLESIA_DE_REFVGIO_1835.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Santiago_de_Parada%2C_Nigr%C3%A1n%2C_YGLESIA_DE_REFVGIO_1835.jpg/330px-Santiago_de_Parada%2C_Nigr%C3%A1n%2C_YGLESIA_DE_REFVGIO_1835.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Santiago_de_Parada%2C_Nigr%C3%A1n%2C_YGLESIA_DE_REFVGIO_1835.jpg/440px-Santiago_de_Parada%2C_Nigr%C3%A1n%2C_YGLESIA_DE_REFVGIO_1835.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2003" data-file-height="1902" /></a><figcaption>This church at <a href="/wiki/Nigr%C3%A1n" title="Nigrán">Nigrán</a>, Spain, is labeled as <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es-ES">YGLESIA DE REFVGIO</i></span>. It would be <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">iglesia de refugio</i></span> ("<a href="/wiki/Sanctuary" title="Sanctuary">sanctuary</a> church") in modern orthography.</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Spanish_orthography" title="Spanish orthography">Spanish</a>, <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> was used as a word-initial form of <span class="nowrap">⟨i⟩</span> that was more visible. (German has used <span class="nowrap">⟨j⟩</span> in a similar way.) Hence, <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es"><a href="/wiki/Yoke_and_arrows" title="Yoke and arrows">el yugo y las flechas</a></i></span> was a symbol sharing the initials of <a href="/wiki/Isabella_I_of_Castille" class="mw-redirect" title="Isabella I of Castille">Isabella I of Castille</a> (<span title="Old Spanish-language text"><i lang="osp">Ysabel</i></span>) and <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_II_of_Aragon" title="Ferdinand II of Aragon">Ferdinand II of Aragon</a>. This spelling was reformed by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Spanish_Academy" title="Royal Spanish Academy">Royal Spanish Academy</a> and currently is only found in proper names spelled archaically, such as <a href="/wiki/Ybarra" title="Ybarra">Ybarra</a> or <a href="/wiki/CYII" class="mw-redirect" title="CYII">CYII</a>, the symbol of the <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es-ES"><a href="/wiki/Canal_de_Isabel_II" title="Canal de Isabel II">Canal de Isabel II</a></i></span>. Appearing alone as a word, the letter <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> is a <a href="/wiki/Grammatical_conjunction" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammatical conjunction">grammatical conjunction</a> with the meaning "<a href="/wiki/Conjunction_(grammar)" title="Conjunction (grammar)">and</a>" in <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> and is pronounced <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/i/</span>. As a consonant, <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> represents <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[<a href="/wiki/Voiced_palatal_fricative" title="Voiced palatal fricative">ʝ</a>]</span> in Spanish. The letter is called <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es-ES">i/y griega</i></span>, literally meaning "Greek I", after the Greek letter <a href="/wiki/Ypsilon" class="mw-redirect" title="Ypsilon">ypsilon</a>, or <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">ye</i></span>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>, <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> (called <i>ípsilon</i> in <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, and either <i>ípsilon</i> or <i>i grego</i> in <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a>) was, together with <span class="nowrap">⟨k⟩</span> and <span class="nowrap">⟨w⟩</span>, recently reintroduced as the 25th letter, and 19th consonant, of the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese alphabet">Portuguese alphabet</a>, in consequence of the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Language_Orthographic_Agreement_of_1990" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990">Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990</a>. It is mostly used in loanwords from English, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a> and Spanish. Loanwords in general, primarily <a href="/wiki/Gallicism" title="Gallicism">gallicisms</a> in both varieties, are more common in <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Portuguese" title="Brazilian Portuguese">Brazilian Portuguese</a> than in <a href="/wiki/European_Portuguese" title="European Portuguese">European Portuguese</a>. It was always common for Brazilians to stylize <a href="/wiki/Tupi_language" title="Tupi language">Tupi</a>-influenced names of their children with the letter (which is present in most Romanizations of <a href="/wiki/Old_Tupi" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Tupi">Old Tupi</a>) e.g. Guaracy, Jandyra, Mayara – though placenames and loanwords derived from indigenous origins had the letter substituted for <span class="nowrap">⟨<a href="/wiki/I" title="I">i</a>⟩</span> over time e.g. <i>Nictheroy</i> became <i><a href="/wiki/Niter%C3%B3i" title="Niterói">Niterói</a></i>. Usual pronunciations are <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close front unrounded vowel">i</a>/</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[<a href="/wiki/Voiced_palatal_approximant" title="Voiced palatal approximant">j</a>]</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[<a href="/wiki/Near-close_near-front_unrounded_vowel" title="Near-close near-front unrounded vowel">ɪ</a>]</span> and <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_back_unrounded_vowel" title="Close back unrounded vowel">ɨ</a>/</span> (the two latter ones are inexistent in European and Brazilian Portuguese varieties respectively, being both substituted by <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close front unrounded vowel">i</a>/</span> in other dialects). The letters <span class="nowrap">⟨<a href="/wiki/I" title="I">i</a>⟩</span> and <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> are regarded as phonemically not dissimilar, though the first corresponds to a vowel and the latter to a consonant, and both can correspond to a <a href="/wiki/Semivowel" title="Semivowel">semivowel</a> depending on its place in a word. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>, too, has <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> (<i>ipsilon</i>) in a small number of loanwords. The letter is also common in some surnames native to the German-speaking province of Bolzano, such as Mayer or Mayr. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Guaran%C3%AD_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Guaraní language">Guaraní</a>, it represents the vowel <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[<a href="/wiki/Close_central_unrounded_vowel" title="Close central unrounded vowel">ɨ</a>]</span>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>, it represents the vowel <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[<a href="/wiki/Close-mid_central_unrounded_vowel" title="Close-mid central unrounded vowel">ɘ</a>]</span> (or, according to some descriptions, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[<a href="/wiki/Near-close_central_unrounded_vowel" class="mw-redirect" title="Near-close central unrounded vowel">ɨ̞</a>]</span>), which is clearly different from <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[<a href="/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close front unrounded vowel">i</a>]</span>, e.g. <i>my</i> (we) and <i>mi</i> (me). No native Polish word begins with <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span>; very few foreign words keep <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> at the beginning, e.g. <i>yeti</i> (pronounced <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[ˈjɛtʲi]</span>). </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Czech_language" title="Czech language">Czech</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slovak_language" title="Slovak language">Slovak</a>, the distinction between the vowels expressed by <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> and <span class="nowrap">⟨i⟩</span>, as well as by <span class="nowrap">⟨ý⟩</span> and <span class="nowrap">⟨í⟩</span> has been lost (similarly to Icelandic and Faroese), but the consonants <i>d, t, n</i> (also <i>l</i> in Slovak) before orthographic (and historical) <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> are not palatalized, whereas they are before <span class="nowrap">⟨i⟩</span>. Therefore, <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> is called <i>tvrdé y</i> (hard y), while <span class="nowrap">⟨i⟩</span> is <i>měkké i</i> (soft i). <span class="nowrap">⟨ý⟩</span> can never begin any word, while <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> can never begin a native word. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>, it is usually pronounced <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[<a href="/wiki/Mid_central_vowel" title="Mid central vowel">ə</a>]</span> in non-final syllables and <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[<a href="/wiki/Close_central_unrounded_vowel" title="Close central unrounded vowel">ɨ</a>]</span> or <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[<a href="/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close front unrounded vowel">i</a>]</span> (depending on the accent) in final syllables. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Standard_Written_Form" title="Standard Written Form">Standard Written Form</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Cornish_Language" class="mw-redirect" title="Cornish Language">Cornish Language</a>, it represents the <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[<a href="/wiki/Near-close_near-front_unrounded_vowel" title="Near-close near-front unrounded vowel">ɪ</a>]</span> and <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[<a href="/wiki/Near-close_near-front_unrounded_vowel" title="Near-close near-front unrounded vowel">ɪː</a>]</span> of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Revived_Middle_Cornish&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Revived Middle Cornish (page does not exist)">Revived Middle Cornish</a> and the <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[<a href="/wiki/Near-close_near-front_unrounded_vowel" title="Near-close near-front unrounded vowel">ɪ</a>]</span> and <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[<a href="/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close front unrounded vowel">iː</a>]</span> of <a href="/wiki/Revived_Late_Cornish" class="mw-redirect" title="Revived Late Cornish">Revived Late Cornish</a>. It can also represent <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tudor_Cornish&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tudor Cornish (page does not exist)">Tudor</a> and Revived Late Cornish <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[<a href="/wiki/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Open-mid front unrounded vowel">ɛ</a>]</span> and <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[<a href="/wiki/Close-mid_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close-mid front unrounded vowel">eː</a>]</span> and consequently be replaced in writing with <span class="nowrap">⟨e⟩</span>. It is also used in forming a number of <a href="/wiki/Standard_Written_Form#Diphthongs" title="Standard Written Form">diphthongs</a>. As a consonant it represents <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[<a href="/wiki/Voiced_palatal_approximant" title="Voiced palatal approximant">j</a>]</span>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Danish_language" title="Danish language">Danish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_language" title="Norwegian language">Norwegian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finnish_language" title="Finnish language">Finnish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karelian_language" title="Karelian language">Karelian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a>, <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> is always pronounced <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[<a href="/wiki/Close_front_rounded_vowel" title="Close front rounded vowel">y</a>]</span>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Estonian_language" title="Estonian language">Estonian</a>, <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> is used in foreign proper names and is pronounced as in the source language. It is also unofficially used as a substitute for <span class="nowrap">⟨ü⟩</span> and is pronounced the same as in <a href="/wiki/Finnish_language" title="Finnish language">Finnish</a>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Language" class="mw-redirect" title="Lithuanian Language">Lithuanian</a>, <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> is the 15th letter (following <span class="nowrap">⟨į⟩</span> and preceding <span class="nowrap">⟨j⟩</span> in the alphabet) and is a vowel. It is called <i>the long i</i> and is pronounced <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/iː/</span>, like in English <i>see</i>. </p><p>When used as a vowel in <a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_language" title="Vietnamese language">Vietnamese</a>, the letter <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> represents the sound <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/i/</span>; when it is a monophthong, it is functionally equivalent to the Vietnamese letter <span class="nowrap">⟨i⟩</span>. There have been efforts to replace all such uses with <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> altogether, but they have been largely unsuccessful. As a consonant, it represents the <a href="/wiki/Palatal_approximant" class="mw-redirect" title="Palatal approximant">palatal approximant</a>. The capital letter <span class="nowrap">⟨Y⟩</span> is also used in Vietnamese as a <a href="/wiki/Given_name" title="Given name">given name</a>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Aymara_language" title="Aymara language">Aymara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indonesian_language" title="Indonesian language">Indonesian</a>/<a href="/wiki/Malaysian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Malaysian language">Malaysian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quechua_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Quechua languages">Quechua</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Japanese" title="Romanization of Japanese">romanization of Japanese</a>, ⟨y⟩ is always a <a href="/wiki/Palatal_consonant" title="Palatal consonant">palatal consonant</a>, denoting <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[<a href="/wiki/Voiced_palatal_approximant" title="Voiced palatal approximant">j</a>]</span>, as in English. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Malagasy_language" title="Malagasy language">Malagasy</a>, the letter <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> represents the final variation of <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɨ/</span>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Turkmen_language" title="Turkmen language">Turkmen</a>, <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> represents <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[<a href="/wiki/Close_back_unrounded_vowel" title="Close back unrounded vowel">ɯ</a>]</span>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Washo_language" title="Washo language">Washo</a>, lower-case <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span> represents a typical wye sound, while upper-case <span class="nowrap">⟨Y⟩</span> represents a <a href="/wiki/Voicelessness" title="Voicelessness">voiceless</a> wye sound, a bit like the consonant in English <i>hue</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_systems">Other systems</h3></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="International Phonetic Alphabet">International Phonetic Alphabet</a>, ⟨<span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">y</span>⟩ corresponds to the <a href="/wiki/Close_front_rounded_vowel" title="Close front rounded vowel">close front rounded vowel</a>, and the related character ⟨<span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">ʏ</span>⟩ corresponds to the <a href="/wiki/Near-close_near-front_rounded_vowel" title="Near-close near-front rounded vowel">near-close near-front rounded vowel</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_uses">Other uses</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Y_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Y (disambiguation)">Y (disambiguation)</a></div> <ul><li>In <a href="/wiki/Mathematics" title="Mathematics">mathematics</a>, <i>y</i> is commonly used as the name for a <a href="/wiki/Dependent_variable" class="mw-redirect" title="Dependent variable">dependent variable</a>. The modern tradition of using <i>x</i>, <i>y</i> and <i>z</i> to represent an <a href="/wiki/Unknown_(mathematics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unknown (mathematics)">unknown (<i>incognita</i>)</a> was introduced by <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes" title="René Descartes">René Descartes</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/La_G%C3%A9om%C3%A9trie" title="La Géométrie">La Géométrie</a></i> (1637).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/SI_prefix" class="mw-redirect" title="SI prefix">SI prefix</a> for <a href="/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(numbers)#1024" title="Orders of magnitude (numbers)">10<sup>24</sup></a> is <a href="/wiki/Yotta" class="mw-redirect" title="Yotta">yotta</a>, abbreviated by the letter Y.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_characters">Related characters</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Y-like_European_letters.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Y-like_European_letters.svg/220px-Y-like_European_letters.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Y-like_European_letters.svg/330px-Y-like_European_letters.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Y-like_European_letters.svg/440px-Y-like_European_letters.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1684" data-file-height="453" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/U_(Cyrillic)" title="U (Cyrillic)">Cyrillic <b>У</b></a>, Latin <b>Y</b> and <a href="/wiki/Upsilon" title="Upsilon">Greek <b>Υ</b> and <b>ϒ</b></a> in <a href="/wiki/GNU_FreeFont" title="GNU FreeFont">FreeSerif</a> – one of the few typefaces that distinguish between the Latin and the Greek form</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Station_Rijssen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Station_Rijssen.jpg/220px-Station_Rijssen.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Station_Rijssen.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="248" data-file-height="186" /></a><figcaption>The Dutch <a href="/wiki/IJ_(digraph)" title="IJ (digraph)">digraph IJ</a> is sometimes written like a <a href="/wiki/U_(Cyrillic)" title="U (Cyrillic)">Cyrillic У</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Descendants_and_related_characters_in_the_Latin_alphabet">Descendants and related characters in the Latin alphabet</h3></div> <ul><li>Y with <a href="/wiki/Diacritic" title="Diacritic">diacritics</a>: <a href="/wiki/%C3%9D" title="Ý">Ý ý</a> <a href="/wiki/Grave_accent" title="Grave accent">Ỳ ỳ</a> <a href="/wiki/Circumflex" title="Circumflex">Ŷ ŷ</a> <a href="/wiki/Diaeresis_(diacritic)" title="Diaeresis (diacritic)">Ÿ ÿ</a> <a href="/wiki/Tilde" title="Tilde">Ỹ ỹ</a> <a href="/wiki/Dot_(diacritic)" title="Dot (diacritic)">Ẏ ẏ Ỵ ỵ</a> <a href="/wiki/Y%CC%8A" class="mw-redirect" title="Y̊">ẙ</a> <a href="/wiki/%E1%BB%B6" class="mw-redirect" title="Ỷ">Ỷ ỷ</a> <a href="/wiki/%C8%B2" title="Ȳ">Ȳ ȳ</a> <a href="/wiki/Y_with_stroke" title="Y with stroke">Ɏ ɏ</a> <a href="/wiki/%C6%B3" title="Ƴ">Ƴ ƴ</a></li> <li><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_palatal_lateral_approximant" title="Voiced palatal lateral approximant">ʎ</a></span> and <span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Near-close_near-front_rounded_vowel" title="Near-close near-front rounded vowel">ʏ</a></span> are used in the <a href="/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="International Phonetic Alphabet">International Phonetic Alphabet</a> (IPA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet#Superscript_IPA" title="International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA superscript letters</a>: 𐞠<sup id="cite_ref-L220252_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L220252-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 𐞲<sup id="cite_ref-L220252_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L220252-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 𐞡<sup id="cite_ref-L220116_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L220116-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-L221021_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L221021-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>𝼆 : Small letter turned y with belt is an <a href="/wiki/Extensions_to_the_International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Extensions to the International Phonetic Alphabet">extension to IPA</a> for disordered speech (extIPA)<sup id="cite_ref-L220116_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L220116-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-L221021_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L221021-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886049734">.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}</style><span class="monospaced">U+AB5A</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">ꭚ</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH SHORT RIGHT LEG</span> is used in the <a href="/wiki/Teuthonista" title="Teuthonista">Teuthonista</a> phonetic transcription system<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%CA%B8" class="mw-redirect" title="ʸ">ʸ</a> is used for phonetic transcription</li> <li>Ỿ ỿ : Y with loop is used by some Welsh medievalists to indicate the schwa sound of <span class="nowrap">⟨y⟩</span><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancestors_and_siblings_in_other_alphabets">Ancestors and siblings in other alphabets</h3></div> <ul><li>𐤅: <a href="/wiki/Phoenician_alphabet" title="Phoenician alphabet">Semitic</a> letter <a href="/wiki/Waw_(letter)" title="Waw (letter)">Waw</a>, from which the following symbols originally derive: <ul><li>Υ υ : <a href="/wiki/Greek_alphabet" title="Greek alphabet">Greek</a> letter <a href="/wiki/Upsilon" title="Upsilon">Upsilon</a>, from which Y derives <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1107333977">.mw-parser-output .script-coptic{font-family:"Sophia Nubian","Noto Sans Coptic","FreeSerif","Quivira","Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI Symbol","New Athena Unicode","MPH 2B Damase","Arial Coptic","Analecta","Antinoou"}</style><span class="script-coptic">Ⲩ ⲩ</span> : <a href="/wiki/Coptic_alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="Coptic alphabet">Coptic</a> letter epsilon/he (not to be confused with the unrelated Greek letter Ε ε called <a href="/wiki/Epsilon" title="Epsilon">epsilon</a>)</li> <li>𐌖 : <a href="/wiki/Old_Italic_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Italic script">Old Italic</a> U/V, which is the ancestor of modern Latin V and U</li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r866748126">.mw-parser-output .script-gothic{font-size:1.25em;font-family:Vulcanius,Junicode,Pfeffer Mediæval,Ulfilas,Silubr,Skeirs,Midjungards,ALPHABETUM,FreeSerif,FreeSans,"Noto Sans Gothic",Code2001,"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI Symbol",serif}</style><span class="script-gothic">𐍅</span> : <a href="/wiki/Gothic_alphabet" title="Gothic alphabet">Gothic</a> letter <span title="Gothic-language text"><span lang="got" style="font-style: normal;">uuinne</span></span>/<span title="Gothic-language text"><span lang="got" style="font-style: normal;">vinja</span></span>, which is transliterated as w</li> <li>У у : <a href="/wiki/Cyrillic" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyrillic">Cyrillic</a> letter <a href="/wiki/U_(Cyrillic)" title="U (Cyrillic)">U</a>, which derives from Greek upsilon via the digraph omicron-upsilon used to represent the sound /u/</li> <li>Ѵ ѵ : <a href="/wiki/Cyrillic" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyrillic">Cyrillic</a> letter <a href="/wiki/Izhitsa" title="Izhitsa">izhitsa</a>, which derives from Greek upsilon and represents the sounds /i/ or /v/. This letter is archaic in the modern writing systems of the living <a href="/wiki/Slavic_languages" title="Slavic languages">Slavic languages</a>, but it is still used in the writing system of the Slavic <a href="/wiki/Liturgical_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Liturgical language">liturgical language</a> <a href="/wiki/Church_Slavonic" title="Church Slavonic">Church Slavonic</a>.</li> <li>Ү ү : Cyrillic letter <a href="/wiki/Ue_(Cyrillic)" title="Ue (Cyrillic)">Ue</a> (or <i>straight U</i>)</li> <li>Ұ ұ : <a href="/wiki/Kazakh_Short_U" title="Kazakh Short U">Kazakh Short U</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Derived_signs,_symbols_and_abbreviations"><span id="Derived_signs.2C_symbols_and_abbreviations"></span>Derived signs, symbols and abbreviations</h3></div> <ul><li>¥ : <a href="/wiki/%C2%A5" class="mw-redirect" title="¥">Yen sign</a></li> <li>ⓨ : In Japan, ⓨ is a symbol used for <a href="/wiki/Resale_price_maintenance" title="Resale price maintenance">resale price maintenance</a>.</li></ul> <p><span class="anchor" id="Technical_notes"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_representations">Other representations</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Computing">Computing <span class="anchor" id="Computing_codes"></span></h3></div> <table class="wikitable template-charmap" style="text-align:right"> <caption>Character information </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center"> <th scope="row">Preview</th> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:150%">Y</th> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:150%">y</th> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:150%">Ｙ</th> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:150%">ｙ </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <th><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273787049">.mw-parser-output table.template-charmap tr:first-child{height:50px}.mw-parser-output table.template-charmap tr:first-child th[colspan]{height:100%}.mw-parser-output table.template-charmap tr:first-child th[colspan]>div{height:100%;display:flex;justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output table.template-charmap tr:first-child th[colspan]>div>div{display:flex;flex-direction:column;padding:0 0.5em}.mw-parser-output table.template-charmap tr:first-child th[colspan]>div>div>span:nth-child(2){margin:auto;padding:10px 0;font-size:150%;font-family:monospace;line-height:1}.mw-parser-output table.template-charmap .smallcaps-cm{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output table.template-charmap td:first-child{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output table.template-charmap .template-charmap-numchr td:nth-child(n/**/+2){font-size:90%;font-family:monospace;padding:2px}</style>Unicode name </th> <td colspan="2" class="smallcaps-cm">LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y </td> <td colspan="2" class="smallcaps-cm">LATIN SMALL LETTER Y </td> <td colspan="2" class="smallcaps-cm">FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y </td> <td colspan="2" class="smallcaps-cm">FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER Y </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left;">Encodings</th> <th>decimal</th> <th>hex</th> <th>dec</th> <th>hex</th> <th>dec</th> <th>hex</th> <th>dec</th> <th>hex </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Unicode" title="Unicode">Unicode</a></td> <td>89</td> <td>U+0059</td> <td>121</td> <td>U+0079</td> <td>65337</td> <td>U+FF39</td> <td>65369</td> <td>U+FF59 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/UTF-8" title="UTF-8">UTF-8</a></td> <td>89</td> <td>59</td> <td>121</td> <td>79</td> <td>239 188 185</td> <td>EF BC B9</td> <td>239 189 153</td> <td>EF BD 99 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Numeric_character_reference" title="Numeric character reference">Numeric character reference</a></td> <td>&#89;<wbr /></td> <td>&#x59;<wbr /></td> <td>&#121;<wbr /></td> <td>&#x79;<wbr /></td> <td>&#65337;<wbr /></td> <td>&#xFF39;<wbr /></td> <td>&#65369;<wbr /></td> <td>&#xFF59;<wbr /> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/EBCDIC" title="EBCDIC">EBCDIC</a> family</td> <td>232</td> <td>E8</td> <td>168</td> <td>A8</td> <td></td> <td></td> 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code</a> </td></tr> <tr style="font-family: monospace; font-weight: bold; line-height: 100%; font-size:150%"> <td width="50%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; padding:0.3em;">Yankee<br /><i style="font-size:75%"></i> </td> <td width="50%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-right: 1px solid silver; font-size: large;"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion nounderlines"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-2" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-labelElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/5\/5d\/Y_morse_code.ogg\/Y_morse_code.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","label":{"html":"<style data-mw-deduplicate=\"TemplateStyles:r1268038863\">.mw-parser-output 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class="morse"> ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ </span></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Y_morse_code.ogg" title="File:Y morse code.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="text-align: center; background: white;"> <tbody><tr style="height: 80px;"> <td width="20%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-top: 1px solid silver; padding:0.3em;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ICS_Yankee.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/ICS_Yankee.svg/75px-ICS_Yankee.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/ICS_Yankee.svg/113px-ICS_Yankee.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Sign_language_Y.svg/90px-Sign_language_Y.svg.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Sign_language_Y.svg/135px-Sign_language_Y.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Sign_language_Y.svg/180px-Sign_language_Y.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="517" data-file-height="432" /></a></span> </td> <td width="20%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-top: 1px solid silver; padding:0.3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BSL_letter_Y.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/BSL_letter_Y.svg/90px-BSL_letter_Y.svg.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/BSL_letter_Y.svg/135px-BSL_letter_Y.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/BSL_letter_Y.svg/180px-BSL_letter_Y.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="240" data-file-height="160" /></a></span> </td> <td width="20%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-right: 1px solid silver; border-top: 1px solid silver; padding:0.3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Braille_Y.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="⠽"><img alt="⠽" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Braille_Y.svg/77px-Braille_Y.svg.png" decoding="async" width="77" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Braille_Y.svg/116px-Braille_Y.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Braille_Y.svg/154px-Braille_Y.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="154" data-file-height="215" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 125%;"> <td width="20%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-bottom: 1px solid silver; padding-bottom:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/International_maritime_signal_flags" title="International maritime signal flags">Signal flag</a> </td> <td width="20%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-bottom: 1px solid silver;"><a href="/wiki/Flag_semaphore" title="Flag semaphore">Flag semaphore</a> </td> <td width="20%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-bottom: 1px solid silver;"><a href="/wiki/American_manual_alphabet" title="American manual alphabet">American manual alphabet</a> (<a href="/wiki/American_Sign_Language" title="American Sign Language">ASL</a> <a href="/wiki/Fingerspelling" title="Fingerspelling">fingerspelling</a>) </td> <td width="20%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-bottom: 1px solid silver;"><a href="/wiki/British_manual_alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="British manual alphabet">British manual alphabet</a> (<a href="/wiki/British_Sign_Language" title="British Sign Language">BSL</a> <a href="/wiki/Fingerspelling" title="Fingerspelling">fingerspelling</a>) </td> <td width="20%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-right: 1px solid silver; border-bottom: 1px solid silver;"><a href="/wiki/Braille_pattern_dots-13456" title="Braille pattern dots-13456">Braille dots-13456</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Unified_English_Braille" title="Unified English Braille">Unified English Braille</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Also for encodings based on ASCII, including the DOS, Windows, ISO-8859 and Macintosh families of encodings.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol 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Merriam-Webster. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200714185532/https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/why-y-is-sometimes-a-vowel-usage">Archived</a> from the original on 14 July 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 July</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Truth+About+%27Y%27%3A+It%27s+Mostly+a+Vowel&rft.pub=Merriam-Webster&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.merriam-webster.com%2Fwords-at-play%2Fwhy-y-is-sometimes-a-vowel-usage&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AY" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Also spelled <i>wy</i>, and the plural is <i>wyes</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Y", <i>Oxford English Dictionary,</i> 2nd edition (1989); <i>Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged</i> (1993); "wy", <i>op. cit</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFReal_Academia_Española2010" class="citation web cs1">Real Academia Española, ed. 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