# Y

| Y | U+0059, &#89; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y |
| ← X [U+0058] | Basic Latin | Z → [U+005A] |
| Ｙ | U+FF39, &#65337; FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y |
| ← Ｘ [U+FF38] | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms | Ｚ → [U+FF3A] |

## Translingual
### Etymology

A late borrowing from the Ancient Greek letter Υ (U, “ypsilon”), first used to write Greek loanwords in Latin, derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲. Doublet of U, V, and F.

### Letter

Y (lower case y)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

#### See also

* (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
* (Variations of letter Y): Ýý Ỳỳ Ŷŷ ẙ Ÿÿ Ỹỹ Ẏẏ Ȳȳ Ỷỷ Ỵỵ Ɏɏ Ƴƴ ʏ Ｙｙ Ꝡꝡ

### Symbol

Y
* (chemistry) Chemical symbol for yttrium.
* (metrology) Symbol for prefix yotta-
* (genetics) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for any pyrimidine
* (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for tyrosine
* (travel, aviation) The reservation booking designator for the highest level of economy air fare.
* (mathematics, computer science) A Fixed-point combinator; especially Haskell Curry's combinator defined as λ f.(λ x.f (x x)) (λx.f (x x))

### Gallery

* Letter styles
* Uppercase and lowercase versions of Y, in normal and italic type
* Uppercase and lowercase Y in Fraktur

### See also

Other representations of Y:
| NATO phonetic: Yankee Morse code: –·–– Braille: ⠽ ASL Manual: Y | Signal flag: | Semaphore: |

## English
### Pronunciation

* (name of letter) IPA: /waɪ/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
** Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪ
* Homophones: wye; why (wine–whine merger)

### Etymology 1
#### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y, plural Ys or Y's)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wye and written in the Latin script.
* Used for the Greek letter Υ (Y, “upsilon”).

##### See also

* (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

#### Noun

Y (plural Ys)
* A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y.
* A Y-shaped object, such as a railroad fork or a support for a telescope; a wye, a bifurcation.
* (lepidopterology) A moth of the genus Plusia, having markings resembling the letter Y.

##### Derived terms

* Y worm

### Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

#### Interjection

Y
* Abbreviation of yes.

#### Noun

Y (plural Ys)
* Abbreviation of year. (In some contexts as YY or YYYY to indicate only the last 2-digits or all 4-digits.)

#### Noun

Y
* (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of year.

### Etymology 3

Clippings.

#### Proper noun

the Y
* (Canada, US) Clipping of the YMCA or YWCA.
** 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:He had sat next to Cindy returning from the Y and smelled the chlorine on her. A sodden Band-Aid had clung by a few lingering bits of stickum to her knee.

#### Noun

Y (plural Ys)
* (Canada, US, informal) A particular facility run by the YMCA/YWCA.
** 1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN:Of course, the audience up here at the Bronx “Y” will probably be a little parochial, but if I make good in the lecture, I might one day end up speaking down at the Lex. Ave. “Y” where great thinkers like Norman Mailer and Seymour Krim are always airing their views.
** 2021 May 17, Jane E. Brody, “A Birthday Milestone: Turning 80!”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:When a 50ish woman at my Y learned that I was about to turn 80, she exclaimed, “80 is the new 60, and you set a great example for the rest of us!”

### Etymology 4

See IJ.

#### Proper noun

Y
* Obsolete form of IJ (“a lake (formerly a bay) adjoining the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands”).
** 1813, William Müller, D. P., Topographical and Military Description of Germany and the Surrounding Country, 2nd edition, London: T. Egerton, pages 4–5:Amsterdam, Hol. fortif. on the gulf Y and the Amstel river, 27,000 ho. in the town, nearly as many in the suburbs; 210,000 inh. 1000 rp. 50,000 lm. 6000 sailors; well built, many canals, ground very damp and marshy, very clean streets, […]

## Afar
### Letter

Y
* The twenty-second and final letter in the Afar alphabet.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /əɪ̯/

### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

### Noun

Y (plural Y's, diminutive Y'tjie)
* Y

## Azerbaijani
### Letter

Y upper case (lower case y)
* The thirty-first letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i ɡreko/, [i ɣ̞re̞.ko̞]

### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)
* The twenty-sixth letter of the Basque alphabet, called i greko and written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

* Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [i ˈɣɾe.ɣə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [i ˈɣɾe.ɣa]

### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called i grega and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) lletres; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L l·l), M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## Central Franconian
### Pronunciation

* /i/, (German-based also) /y/, /yː/

### Letter

Y
* A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
* A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

#### Usage notes

* Only used rarely in loanwords, respectively after the German or Dutch cognate.

## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wài (wai$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): u-ai
    (Teochew, Peng'im): uai$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$wa-i
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wài
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wài
*** Wade–Giles: wai$^4$
*** Yale: wài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: way
*** Palladius: вай (vaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /waɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^1$
*** Yale: wāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: u-ai
*** Tâi-lô: u-ai
*** Phofsit Daibuun: u'ay
*** IPA (Xiamen): /u⁴⁴⁻²² ai⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: uai$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uâi
*** Sinological IPA : /uai⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$wa-i
*** MiniDict: wa$^平$ i
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$hhua-i
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦua⁵⁵ i²¹/

#### Letter

Y
* The twenty-fifth letter of the Latin alphabet.

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yī, yā (yi$^1$, ya$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧ, ㄧㄚ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, common)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yī
*** Zhuyin: ㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yi
*** Wade–Giles: i$^1$
*** Yale: yī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i
*** Palladius: и (i)
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, official)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yā
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ya
*** Wade–Giles: ya$^1$
*** Yale: yā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ia
*** Palladius: я (ja)
*** Sinological IPA : /jä⁵⁵/

#### Letter

Y
* The twenty-fifth letter used in Pinyin.

##### Usage notes

* 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
* The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ɛɪ/
* Audio:(file)

### Letter

Y (capital, lowercase y)
* the twenty-fifth letter of the Dutch alphabet

### See also

* Previous letter: X
* Next letter: Z

## Finnish
### Etymology

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and Y for information on the development of the glyph itself. In particular, the use of ⟨y⟩ for /y/ follows the Swedish orthography, which in turn follows Latin.

### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)
* The twenty-fourth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called yy and written in the Latin script.

#### Derived terms

* Y-bosoni
* Y-kromosomi
* Y-liittymä

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

## French
### Etymology

From Old French Y, Hy, I from Latin Iacum.

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /i/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Letter
#### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /i ɡʁɛk/
* Audio:(file)
Y (capital, lowercase y)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the French alphabet.

#### Related terms

* i grec

### See also

* Previous letter: X
* Next letter: Z

### Proper noun

Y ?
* A French commune in the Somme département.

#### Related terms

* Ypsilonien, Ypsilonienne
* ypsilonien, ypsilonienne
* Yssois, Yssoise
* yssois, yssoise

### References

* ↑ https://dicotopo.cths.fr/places/P97397572

## German
### Pronunciation

* (letter name) IPA: /ˈʏpsilɔn/
** Audio:(file)
* (phoneme)
** In Greek words generally /ʏ/, /yː/, but in unstressed syllables alternatively /i/ (e.g. in poly-).
** In other borrowings, e.g. from English, /j/, /i/, /aɪ̯/, etc.
** Natively only in proper nouns, mostly in -ay-, -ey-, both pronounced /aɪ̯/.

### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the German alphabet, called Ypsilon.

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: [ˈi]
* (letter name): IPA: [ˈipsilon]

### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)
* A letter of the extended Hungarian alphabet, called ipszilon and written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

* Also occurs as part of the digraphs Gy, Ly, Ny, Ty, though these are considered letters in their own right.

#### Derived terms

* Y-kromoszóma

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

## Icelandic
### Letter

Y (lower case y)
* The twenty-eighth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

## Ido
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /j/

### Letter

Y (lower case y)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## Irish
### Letter

Y (upper case)
* A letter of the Latin alphabet, not used in Irish except in foreign words and scientific terminology

#### Derived terms

* Y-chruthach
* Y-chrómasóm

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ga.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* (letter name) IPA: /i‿ɡˈɡrɛ.ka/, /i‿ɡˈɡrɛ.ko/, /ˈi.psi.lon/
** Rhymes: -ipsilon
* (phonemic realization) IPA: /j/, /i/ (varies depending on the loanword)

### Letter

Y f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case y)
* the twenty-fifth letter of the Latin alphabet, called ipsilon, i greco or i greca in Italian

#### Usage notes

* The letter Y is not considered part of the Italian alphabet. It is found mainly in loanwords.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
* Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### References

* ↑ Y in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Kankanaey
### Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog Y. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English Y.

### Pronunciation

* (letter name) IPA: /waj/ [wai̯]
** Rhymes: -aj
* (phoneme) IPA: /i/ [i̞]
** Rhymes: -i

### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)
* The twenty-seventh letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called way and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) letra; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

### References

* Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎ (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

## Kashubian
### Etymology

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and Y for development of the glyph itself.

### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)
* The thirty-first letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, Ã ã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

## Latin
### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)
* A letter in the Latin alphabet, representing the vowels /y/ and /yː/

#### Usage notes

* Historical Latin texts did not generally distinguish short and long vowels orthographically. In modern texts and editions of older texts, the vowels are typically written ⟨Y⟩ and ⟨Ȳ⟩ to mark the length distinction.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, V v, X x, Y y, Z z

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɨ/

### Letter

Y (lower case y)
* The thirty-first letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called y and written in the Latin script.

### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/dsb.

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Name of letter) IPA: [wai̯]
* (Phoneme) IPA: [j]

### Letter

Y
* The twenty-fifth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## Navajo
### Letter

Y (lower case y)
* A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á, Ą ą, Ą́ ą́), B b, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e (É é, Ę ę, Ę́ ę́), G g, Gh gh, H h, Hw hw, X x, I i (Í í, Į į, Į́ į́), J j, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, ʼ, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n (Ń ń), O o (Ó ó, Ǫ ǫ, Ǫ́ ǫ́), S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tł tł, Tłʼ tłʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

## Nupe
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /j/

### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)
* The twenty-eighth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

## Polish
### Etymology

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and Y for development of the glyph itself.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.ɡrɛk/

### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)
* The twenty-ninth letter of the Polish alphabet, called y or igrek and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

## Portuguese
### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

### Noun

Y m (plural Ys)
* fork (area where something forks)
    Synonyms: forquilha, bifurcação, ramificação

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /j/, /i/

### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)
* The thirtieth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called igrec or i grec and written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă, Â â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Î î, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## Saanich
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /j/, /jʼ/

### Letter

Y
* The thirty-seventh letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̱, X, X̱, Y, Z, s, ¸

## Silesian
### Etymology

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and Y for development of the glyph itself.

### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)
* The thirty-first letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ã ã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

## Slovene
### Letter

Y (capital, lowercase y)
* The thirty-third letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.

## Somali
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /ʝ/, /ɪ̯/, /i̯/
* (letter name): IPA: /ʝæ/

### Letter

Y upper case (lower case y)
* The twenty-second letter of the Somali alphabet, called ya and written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

* The twenty-second letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by H and followed by A.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) ʼ, B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u

## Spanish
### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)
* the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet

## Swedish
### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) bokstav; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish Y. Each pronunciation has a different source:
* Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English Y.
* Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜌ (ya).
* Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish Y.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˈwaj/ [ˈwaɪ̯] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
*** Rhymes: -aj
** IPA: /ˈja/ [ˈja] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
*** Rhymes: -a
** IPA: /ˈje/ [ˈjɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
*** Rhymes: -e
** IPA: /j/ [j] (phoneme)
** IPA: /i/ [ɪ] (phoneme, used as a vowel)
*** Rhymes: -i

#### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y, Baybayin spelling ᜏᜌ᜔)
* The twenty-seventh letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called way and written in the Latin script.

##### See also

* (Latin-script letters) titik; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

#### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y, Baybayin spelling ᜌ)
* The twentieth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called ya and written in the Latin script.

#### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y, Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒ)
* (historical) The twenty-seventh letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called ye and written in the Latin script.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

Y (Baybayin spelling ᜁ)
* Obsolete spelling of I.

### Further reading

* “Y”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Turkish
### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)
* The twenty-eighth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ye and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) harf; A a (Â â), B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i (Î î), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u (Û û), Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔi˧˧ zaːj˨˩], [ʔi˧˧ ɣəː˨˩ zɛt̚˧˦]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔɪj˧˧ jaːj˦˩], [ʔɪj˧˧ ɣəː˦˩ ʐɛt̚˦˧˥]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔɪj˧˧ jaːj˨˩], [ʔɪj˧˧ ɣəː˨˩ ɹɛk̚˦˥]
* Phonetic spelling: i dài, i gờ rét

### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)
* The twenty-ninth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called i dài or i gờ-rét and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, Ã ã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ), Â â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (standard) IPA: /ə/, /əː/

### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)
* The twenty-ninth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by W.

### Mutation

* Y cannot be mutated but, being a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word ysgol (“school; ladder”):
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “Y”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /j/
* (letter name): IPA: /jí/

### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called yí and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
* (Benin)
* (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y

## Zulu
### Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z