Also known as Y with acute
Ý (or ý) is a letter of the Latin alphabet. Its form is derived from the Latin letter Y (Y y) with the addition of an acute accent. It is used in Czech, Faroese, Icelandic, and the Turkmen alphabets, as well as romanizations of Russian. It is also used in Vietnamese as a borrowed letter pronounced with a rising high tone. It was previously used in Asturleonese, Old Norse, and Old Spanish.
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- Alphabet
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- Grapheme.unicode
- U+00DD, U+00FD
- Grapheme.direction
- Left-to-right
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Ý (or ý) is a letter of the Latin alphabet. Its form is derived from the Latin letter Y (Y y) with the addition of an acute accent. It is used in Czech, Faroese, Icelandic, and the Turkmen alphabets, as well as romanizations of Russian. It is also used in Vietnamese as a borrowed letter pronounced with a rising high tone. It was previously used in Asturleonese, Old Norse, and Old Spanish.
== Usage == In Icelandic, Ý is the 29th letter of the alphabet, between Y and Þ. It is read as (short) or (long).