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| '''S''' is the nineteenth letter in the modern Latin ]. | |||
| ] Šîn (bow) was ] as /S/ as the modern ] ] SH. In ], there was only one ] /s/ and no /S/, so Greek σιγμα (]) came to represent the Greek /s/ phoneme. The name "sigma" probably comes from the Semitic letter "Sâmek" and not "Šîn". In ] and ], the /s/ value was maintained, and only in modern languages, S came to represent other sounds, like /S/ in ] or /z/ in English and ] (in English ''rise'' and French ''liser'', "to read"). | ] Šîn (bow) was ] as /S/ as the modern ] ] SH. In ], there was only one ] /s/ and no /S/, so Greek σιγμα (]) came to represent the Greek /s/ phoneme. The name "sigma" probably comes from the Semitic letter "Sâmek" and not "Šîn". In ] and ], the /s/ value was maintained, and only in modern languages, S came to represent other sounds, like /S/ in ] or /z/ in English and ] (in English ''rise'' and French ''liser'', "to read"). | ||
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S is the nineteenth letter in the modern Latin alphabet.
Semitic Šîn (bow) was pronounced as /S/ as the modern English digraph SH. In Greek, there was only one phoneme /s/ and no /S/, so Greek σιγμα (sigma) came to represent the Greek /s/ phoneme. The name "sigma" probably comes from the Semitic letter "Sâmek" and not "Šîn". In Etruscan and Latin, the /s/ value was maintained, and only in modern languages, S came to represent other sounds, like /S/ in Hungarian or /z/ in English and French (in English rise and French liser, "to read").
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
S is also the symbol for sulfur.