Yod (letter) in the context of "Iota"

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⭐ Core Definition: Yod (letter)

Yodh (also spelled jodh, yod, or jod) is the tenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician yōd 𐤉, Hebrew yod י‎, Aramaic yod 𐡉, Syriac yōḏ ܝ, and Arabic yāʾ ي‎. It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪚‎‎‎, South Arabian 𐩺, and Ge'ez የ. 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/.

The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Iota (Ι), Latin I and J, Cyrillic І, Coptic Iauda (Ⲓ) and Gothic eis .

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Yod (letter) in the context of Palatal approximant

A voiced palatal approximant is a type of consonant used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨j⟩; the equivalent symbol in the Americanist phonetic notation is ⟨y⟩. In order to not imply that the approximant is spread as the vowel [i] is, it may instead be transcribed ⟨ʝ̞⟩. When this sound occurs in the form of a palatal glide it is frequently, but not exclusively, denoted as a superscript j ⟨ʲ⟩ in IPA.

This sound is traditionally called a yod, after its name in Hebrew. This is reflected in the names of certain phonological changes, such as yod-dropping and yod-coalescence.

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Letter (alphabet) → Abjad → Phoenician alphabet → Hebrew alphabet → Aramaic alphabet → Syriac alphabet → Arabic alphabet → Ancient North Arabian → Ancient South Arabian script → Geʽez script → Voiced palatal approximant → Vowel length → Close front unrounded vowel → Greek alphabet → Iota → Latin alphabet → I → J → Cyrillic script → Dotted I (Cyrillic) → Coptic alphabet → Gothic alphabet → Isaz →