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Phonemic representation | j, i, e | |||||||||
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Position in alphabet | 10 | |||||||||
Numerical value | 10 | |||||||||
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Yodh (also spelled Yud, Yod, Jod, or Jodh) is the tenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Yōd , Hebrew Yōd י, Aramaic Yodh , Syriac Yōḏ ܚ, and Arabic Yāʾ ي (in abjadi order, 28th in modern order). Its sound value is /j/ in all languages for which it is used; in many languages, it also serves as a long vowel, representing /iː/.
The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Iota (Ι),Latin I, J, Cyrillic І, Й, Coptic iauda (Ⲓ) and Gothic eis .