Latin letter W
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The Latin letter W is a consonant in the modern Latin alphabet, commonly representing a voiced labio-velar approximant sound and used extensively in many contemporary languages, including English and German.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Latin letter w | 0 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin letter
ⓘ
consonant letter ⓘ |
| alphabeticPosition | 23 ⓘ |
| alphabetMembership | ISO basic Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| ASCIICode |
119
ⓘ
87 ⓘ |
| case |
lowercase
ⓘ
uppercase ⓘ |
| category | consonant ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Latin letter U
ⓘ
Latin letter V ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Latin letter U
ⓘ
Latin letter V ⓘ |
| directionality | left-to-right ⓘ |
| graphemeType | single letter ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin |
ligature of UU
ⓘ
ligature of VV ⓘ |
| IPA | [w] ⓘ |
| ISOBasicLatinPosition |
119
ⓘ
87 ⓘ |
| lowercaseForm | w ⓘ |
| nameInEnglish | double-u ⓘ |
| nameInGerman | we ⓘ |
| phoneticValue | voiced labio-velar approximant ⓘ |
| represents | semivowel in many languages ⓘ |
| script | Latin script ⓘ |
| UnicodeCodePoint |
U+0057
ⓘ
U+0077 ⓘ |
| UnicodeName |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W
ⓘ
LATIN SMALL LETTER W ⓘ |
| uppercaseForm | W ⓘ |
| usedAs |
symbol in chemistry
ⓘ
symbol in engineering ⓘ symbol in mathematics ⓘ symbol in physics ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage |
Czech
ⓘ
Danish ⓘ Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ Finnish ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Indonesian ⓘ Italian ⓘ Norwegian ⓘ Polish NERFINISHED ⓘ Slovak ⓘ Spanish ⓘ Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ Swedish ⓘ Tagalog NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkish ⓘ Vietnamese ⓘ Welsh ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.