Letter (alphabet)
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| - | :''See [[abecedarium]]'' | + | :[[Latin alphabet]]: [[A]], [[B]], [[C]], [[D]], [[E]], [[F]], [[G]], [[H]], [[I]], [[J]], [[K]], [[L]], [[M]], [[N]], [[O]], [[P]], [[Q]], [[R]], [[S]], [[T]], [[U]], [[V]], [[W]], [[X]], [[Y]], [[Z]]. |
| - | [[Latin alphabet]]: [[A]], [[B]], [[C]], [[D]], [[E]], [[F]], [[G]], [[H]], [[I]], [[J]], [[K]], [[L]], [[M]], [[N]], [[O]], [[P]], [[Q]], [[R]], [[S]], [[T]], [[U]], [[V]], [[W]], [[X]], [[Y]], [[Z]]. | + | |
| + | A '''letter''' is a [[grapheme]] (written character) in an [[alphabet]]ic system of [[writing]], such as the [[Greek alphabet]] and its descendants. Letters compose [[phoneme]]s and each phoneme represents a [[Phone (phonetics)|phone]] (sound) in the [[spoken language|spoken form of the language]]. Letters also appear in [[abjads]] (alphabets with consonants only). | ||
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| + | Written signs in other writing systems are best called [[syllabogram]]s (which denote a [[syllable]]) or [[logogram]]s (which denote a word or phrase). | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Abecedarium]] | ||
| + | * [[Artificial script]] | ||
| + | * [[Character (computing)]] | ||
| + | * [[Collation]] | ||
| + | * [[Diacritic]] | ||
| + | * [[Digraph (orthography)]] | ||
| + | * [[Glyph]] | ||
| + | * [[Grapheme]] | ||
| + | * [[Greek letters used in mathematics]] | ||
| + | * [[History of the alphabet]] | ||
| + | * [[Letterform]] | ||
| + | * [[Ligature (typography)|Ligature]] | ||
| + | * [[Orthography]] | ||
| + | * [[Roman letters used in mathematics]] | ||
| + | * [[Typeface]] | ||
| + | * [[Typography]] | ||
| + | * [[Unicode]] | ||
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A letter is a grapheme (written character) in an alphabetic system of writing, such as the Greek alphabet and its descendants. Letters compose phonemes and each phoneme represents a phone (sound) in the spoken form of the language. Letters also appear in abjads (alphabets with consonants only).
Written signs in other writing systems are best called syllabograms (which denote a syllable) or logograms (which denote a word or phrase).
See also
- Abecedarium
- Artificial script
- Character (computing)
- Collation
- Diacritic
- Digraph (orthography)
- Glyph
- Grapheme
- Greek letters used in mathematics
- History of the alphabet
- Letterform
- Ligature
- Orthography
- Roman letters used in mathematics
- Typeface
- Typography
- Unicode
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