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Yodh
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| Yodh | |
|---|---|
| Phoenician | 𐤉 |
| Hebrew | י |
| Aramaic | 𐡉 |
| Syriac | ܝ |
| Arabic | ي[note] |
| Phonemic representation | j, i, e |
| Position in alphabet | 10 |
| Numerical value | 10 |
| Alphabetic derivatives of the Phoenician | |
| Greek | Ι |
| Latin | I, J |
| Cyrillic | І, Ј |
Yodh (also spelled jodh, yod, or jod) is the tenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Arabic yāʾ ي, Aramaic yod 𐡉, Hebrew yud י, Phoenician yōd 𐤉, and Syriac yōḏ. 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/.[citation needed]
The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Iota (Ι),[1] Latin I and J, Cyrillic І, Coptic iauda (Ⲓ) and Gothic eis 
.
The term yod is often used to refer to the speech sound [j], a palatal approximant, even in discussions of languages not written in Semitic abjads, as in phonological phenomena such as English "yod-dropping".
- ^ Victor Parker, A History of Greece, 1300 to 30 BC, (John Wiley & Sons, 2014), 67.
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