T

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Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic and logographic
Language of origin	Latin language
Sound values	[t]; [ʈ]; [tʰ]; [tʼ]; [d]; [ð]; [t̪]; [t͡ʃ]; [ɾ]; [ʔ];
In Unicode	U+0054, U+0074
Alphabetical position	20
History
Development	𐤕 Ττ 𐌕 T t; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Time period	c. 700 BCE to present
Descendants	Th (digraph); ™; ₮; ₸; Ŧ; Ť; Ţ; Ʇ;
Sisters	𐍄; Т; Ҭ; Ћ; Ҵ; ת; ت; ܬ; ة; ࠕ; 𐎚; 𐎙; ተ; ፐ; Տ տ; Ց ց; त; ट; ત; ટ; ⶊ;
Other
Associated graphs	t(x), th, tzsch
Writing direction	Left-to-right

T (minuscule: t) is the twentieth 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 tee (pronounced /ˈtiː/ ^ⓘ), plural tees.

It is derived from the Semitic Taw 𐤕 of the Phoenician and Paleo-Hebrew script (Aramaic and Hebrew Taw ת/𐡕/, Syriac Taw ܬ, and Arabic ت Tāʼ) via the Greek letter τ (tau). In English, it is most commonly used to represent the voiceless alveolar plosive, a sound it also denotes in the International Phonetic Alphabet. It is the most commonly used consonant and the second-most commonly used letter in English-language texts.