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Yudh

Phonemic representation j, i, e
Position in alphabet 10
Numerical value 10

Yodh (also spelled Yud, Yod, Jod, or Jodh) is the tenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Yōd Phoenician yodh.svg, Hebrew Yōd י, Aramaic Yodh Yod.svg, 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 //.

The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Iota (Ι),Latin I, J, Cyrillic І, Й, Coptic iauda (Ⲓ) and Gothic eis Gothic letter eis.svg.


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