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Y

Y, or y, is the twenty-fifth and penultimate letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. According to some authorities, it is the sixth (or seventh if including W) vowel letter of the English alphabet. Its name in English is wye (pronounced ), plural wyes.

Extends: [ISO basic Latin letters](https://wikipedia.org.ai/ISO basic Latin letters), [Vowel letters](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Vowel letters)

Properties

Property Expected Type Description
Name Text Y
Letter Text Y y
Script Text Latin script
Typedesc Text logographic
Language Text Latin language
Unicode Text U+0059, U+0079
Alphanumber Text 25
Fam2 Text Proto-semiticW-01.svg
Fam3 Text PhoenicianW-01.svg
Fam4 Text [Image:Phoenician waw.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Waw](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Image:Phoenician waw.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Waw)
Fam5 Text [Image:Early Aramaic character - vav.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Waw](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Image:Early Aramaic character - vav.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Waw)
Fam6 Text Υ υ
Usageperiod Text 54 CE to present
Associates Text y(x), ly, ny
Direction Text Left-to-right
Image Text File:Latin_letter_Y.svg
Imageclass Text skin-invert-image