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Alphabet. An alphabet is a standardized set of basic written graphemes (called letters) representing phonemes, units of sounds that distinguish words, of certain spoken languages. [1] Not all writing systems represent language in this way; in a syllabary, each character represents a syllable, and logographic systems use characters to represent ...

Q, or q, is the seventeenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is pronounced / ˈkjuː /, most commonly spelled cue, but also kew, kue and que. [1]

The (International) Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, commonly known as the NATO phonetic alphabet, is the most widely used set of clear code words for communicating the letters of the Roman alphabet. Technically a radiotelephonic spelling alphabet, it goes by various names, including NATO spelling alphabet, ICAO phonetic alphabet and ICAO ...

B, or b, is the second letter of the Latin-script alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is bee (pronounced / ˈbiː / ), plural bees. [1] [2] It represents the voiced bilabial stop in many languages, including English.

A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, [1] [2] used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is a (pronounced / ˈeɪ / ), plural aes. [nb 1] It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter Alpha, from which it derives. [3]

The alphabet for Modern English is a Latin-script alphabet consisting of 26 letters, each having an upper- and lower-case form. The word alphabet is a compound of the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha and beta. The alphabet originated around the 7th century to write Old English from Latin script. Since then, letters have been added ...