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Also known as s, ess, Sierra, ꜱ, letter S, S-5, S, sierra
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is ess (pronounced ), plural esses.
S is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, commonly used in English and many other languages around the world. It matters because it's a fundamental component of written language, essential for spelling words and communicating through text.
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- Grapheme.name
- S
- Grapheme.letter
- S s
- Grapheme.variations
- ſ
- Grapheme.script
- Latin script
- Grapheme.type
- Alphabet
- Grapheme.typedesc
- ic and logographic
- Grapheme.language
- Latin language
- Grapheme.unicode
- U+0053, U+0073
- Grapheme.alphanumber
- 19
- Grapheme.fam1
- Aa32M40
- Grapheme.fam2
- class=skin-invert-image|20px|Proto-Sinaitic Shin
- Grapheme.fam3
- class=skin-invert-image|20px|Proto-Sinaitic Shin
- Grapheme.fam4
- class=skin-invert-image|15px|Proto-Caanite Shin
- Grapheme.fam5
- class=skin-invert-image|20px|Phoenician Sin
- Grapheme.fam6
- Σ
- Grapheme.fam7
- 𐌔
- Grapheme.usageperiod
- 700 BCE to present
- Grapheme.associates
- s(x), sh, sz
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S, or s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is ess (pronounced ), plural esses.
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