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Usage | |
Writing system | Latin script |
Type | Alphabetic and Logographic |
Unicode value | U+0057, U+0077 |
Alphabetical position | 23 |
History | |
Development | |
Time period | ~600 to present |
Other | |
The Latin alphabet | |||||
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Aa | Bb | Cc | Dd | ||
Ee | Ff | Gg | Hh | Ii | Jj |
Kk | Ll | Mm | Nn | Oo | Pp |
Rr | Ss | Tt | Uu | Vv | |
Ww | Xx | Yy | Zz |
W is the twenty-third (number 23) letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name is pronounced "double-u"[note 1] or "double-ve". It is the only letter with three syllables.
In words like away, what, write and women, the W is a consonant (semivowel). In words like draw, few, low and cwm, the W is a vowel.
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