E (named e , plural ees ) is the fifth and second vowel in the modern English alphabet and the basic Latin alphabet ISO. This is the most frequently used letter in many languages, including Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Latin, Latvian, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish.
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The Latin letter 'E' is slightly different from the source, the Greek epsilon, '?'. This in turn comes from the Semitic letters hÃÆ'ª , which have been suggested to begin as human figures who pray or summon (hillul 'joy'), and may be based on similar Egyptian hieroglyphs show different pronunciation. In Semitic, the letter is represented /h/ (and /e/ in a foreign word); in Greek, hÃÆ'ª into epsilon letters, used to represent /e/. Ancient Duck script types and Latin alphabets follow this usage.
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English
Though the spelling of Central England is used? E? to represent long and short /e/, Large Vowel Shift changing length/e:/(as in 'me' or 'bee') to/i:/while short /?/ (as in 'met' or 'bed') remains the middle vowel. In other cases, the letter is silent, generally at the end of the word.
Other languages ​​
In the orthography of many languages ​​it represents [e] , [e?] , [?] , or some variation (such as the originalized version) of these sounds, often with diacritics (as: e ÃÆ' Â © ÃÆ'¨ ÃÆ' Â «?????????) to show contrast. Less common, as in French, German, or Saanich ,? E? represents the middle/center vowel?/. Digraf with? E? is it common to show diphthongs or monophthongs, like? ea? or? ee? for /i:/ or /e?/ in English ,? ei? for /a?/ in German, and? eu? for /ÃÆ'¸/ in French or /??/ in German. Other systems
The International Phonetic Alphabet using? e ? for a closed front-center vowel or a middle front vowel that is not in the center.
Most common letters
In English Sign Language (BSL), the letter 'e' is signed by extending the index finger of the right hand touching the end of the index in the left hand, with all the fingers left open.
References
External links
- Media related to E on Wikimedia Commons
- Definition of dictionary E in Wiktionary
- Definition of dictionary e in Wiktionary
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