Q

The Latin alphabet
	Aa	Bb	Cc	Dd
Ee	Ff	Gg	Hh	Ii	Jj
Kk	Ll	Mm	Nn	Oo	Pp
Qq	Rr	Ss	Tt	Uu	Vv
	Ww	Xx	Yy	Zz

Q is the seventeenth (number 17) letter in the English alphabet. It is nearly always followed by a silent letter U. Q makes a kw sound as in quick or a k sound as in unique.

Some people say that the letter Q is not needed, because the sound it makes can be made with C or K and W instead. The same thing is said about the letter X.

Below are some ancient ways of writing Q:

Egyptian hieroglyph Q

Phoenician Q

Etruscan Q

Greek Qoppa