In Northern dialects, the corresponding long and short vowels are a long close central unrounded vowel ( /ɨː/) and a short lowered close central unrounded vowel ( /ɨ̞/), respectively. In Welsh orthography the letter can represent a long close front unrounded vowel ( /iː/) or short near-close near-front unrounded vowel ( /ɪ/) in Southern dialects. In Dutch and Afrikaans, it represents either /y/, or a near-close near-front rounded vowel ( /ʏ/) likewise the phoneme /u/ is represented by ⟨oe⟩. In French orthography the letter represents the close front rounded vowel ( /y/) /u/ is represented by ⟨ou⟩. In most languages that use the Latin alphabet, ⟨u⟩ represents the close back rounded vowel /u/ or a similar vowel. It is the thirteenth most frequently used letter in the English language, with a frequency of about 2.8% in words. however, in American English the letter is not used and said words mentioned are spelled as color and so on. British English, Canadian English, etc.) use the letter U in words such as colour, labour, valour, etc. One thing to note is that certain varieties of the English language (i.e.
It often has the sound / w/ before a vowel in the sequences ⟨qu⟩ (as in 'quick'), ⟨gu⟩ (as in 'anguish'), and ⟨su⟩ (as in 'suave'), though it is silent in final -que (as in 'unique') and in many words with ⟨gu⟩ (as in 'guard').Īdditionally, the letter ⟨u⟩ is used in text messaging and internet and other written slang to denote 'you', by virtue of both being pronounced / j uː/. The letter ⟨u⟩ is used in the digraphs ⟨au⟩ / ɔː/, ⟨ou⟩ (various pronunciations, but usually /aʊ/), and with the value of "long u" in ⟨eu⟩, ⟨ue⟩, and in a few words ⟨ui⟩ (as in 'fruit'). (After ⟨s⟩, /sjuː, zjuː/ have assimilated to /ʃuː, ʒuː/ in some words) In a few words, short ⟨u⟩ represents other sounds, such as / ɪ/ in 'business' and / ɛ/ in 'bury'. Long ⟨u⟩, found originally in words of French origin (the descendant of Old English long u was respelled as ⟨ ou⟩), most commonly represents / j uː/ (as in 'mule'), reducing to / uː/ after ⟨r⟩ (as in 'rule'), ⟨j⟩ (as in 'June') and sometimes (or optionally) after ⟨l⟩ (as in 'lute'), and after additional consonants in American English (see do–dew merger). Short ⟨u⟩, found originally in closed syllables, most commonly represents / ʌ/ (as in 'duck'), though it retains its old pronunciation / ʊ/ after labial consonants in some words (as in 'put') and occasionally elsewhere (as in 'sugar'). There are "long" and "short" pronunciations. In English, the letter ⟨u⟩ has four main pronunciations. Pronunciation of the name of the letter ⟨u⟩ in European languages English Īfter g or q and before a vowel in some words To make the / y/ sound after the consonants n or l, ü is used. Languages in italics do not use the Latin alphabet the table refers to latinizationsĪfter the Pinyin consonants b, p, m, f, d, t, n, l, g, k, h, zh, ch, sh, r, z, c, s, w Īfter the Pinyin consonants j, q, x, y. Pronunciation and use Pronunciations of Uu The rounded variant became the modern-day version of U and its former pointed form became V. Printers eschewed capital 'V' and 'U' into the 17th century and the distinction between the two letters was not fully accepted by the French Academy until 1762. The first recorded use of 'U' and 'V' as distinct letters is in a Gothic alphabet from 1386, where 'V' preceded 'U'. So whereas 'valour' and 'excuse' appeared as in modern printing, 'have' and 'upon' were printed 'haue' and 'vpon', respectively. The pointed form 'V' was written at the beginning of a word, while a rounded form 'U' was used in the middle or end, regardless of sound. From the 1st century AD on, depending on Vulgar Latin dialect, consonantal /w/ developed into /β/ (kept in Spanish), then later to /v/.ĭuring the late Middle Ages, two forms of U developed, which were both used for /v/ or the vowel /u/.
In Latin, a stemless variant shape of the upsilon was borrowed in early times as U, taking the form of modern-day V - either directly from the Western Greek alphabet or from the Etruscan alphabet as an intermediary - to represent the same /u/ sound, as well as the consonantal /w/, num - originally spelled NVM - was pronounced /num/ and via was pronounced. The letter was adapted, but split in two, with the first one of the same name (Ϝ) being adapted to represent, and the second one being Upsilon ( Υ), which was originally adapted to represent, later fronted, becoming. In Greek, two letters were adapted from the Phoenician waw. This was borrowed to Phoenician, where it represented the sound, and seldom the vowel. Its oldest ancestor goes to Egyptian hieroglyphics, and is probably from a hieroglyph of a mace or fowl, representing the sound or the sound. U derives from the Semitic waw, as does F, and later, Y, W, and V. 4.1 Ancestors, descendants and siblings.
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