U

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Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Latin
Phonetic usage	[u]; [w]; [ʉ]; [y]; [ʏ]; [h]; [ʊ]; [iː]; [ɨː]; [ʌ]; [ɛ]; /juː/;
Unicode codepoint	U+0055; U+0075;
Alphabetical position	21
History
Development	Υ υ 𐌖 U u; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Time period	1386–present
Descendants	W; ᴝ; ꭎ; ∪; ∩; V;
Sisters	F; W; Ѵ; У; Ў; Ұ; Ү; ו; و; ܘ; וּ; וֹ; ࠅ; 𐎆; 𐡅; ወ; વ; ૂ ુ; उ;
Other
Other letters commonly used with	u(x); qu;
Writing direction	Left to right
	This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

U, or u, is the twenty-first letter and the fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is u (pronounced /ˈjuː/), plural ues.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[a]^{[clarification needed]}

^ "U". Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. 1989.
^ Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged. 1993.
^ Brown, Goold; Kiddle, Henry (1870). The institutes of English grammar. New York, W. Wood & co. p. 19.

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[1] "U". Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. 1989.

[2] Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged. 1993.

[3] Brown, Goold; Kiddle, Henry (1870). The institutes of English grammar. New York, W. Wood & co. p. 19.

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