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Translingual
Etymology 1
From the Etruscan letter 𐌃 (d, “de”), from the Ancient Greek letter Δ (D, “delta”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤃 (d, “dalet”), from an uncertain origin, likely the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓉿.
See also
Etymology 2
A simplification of Ꟈ under the graphic influence of the letter D, from a standardization of Ɔ superposed on a ⋀ or ⊢, from the practice of circling each hundredth ⋀ (now Roman numeral V), the tally stick notch mark representing five.
Alternative forms
- d, IↃ, CCCCC, ccccc
Numeral
D (upper case Roman numeral, lower case d)
- (Roman numerals) Five hundred (500).
- the five hundredth (500th)
Etymology 3
- (chemistry, deuterium): abbreviation of deuterium
- (computing, hexadecimal 13): From its position as the thirteenth element of the series {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F}
- (Germany): abbreviation of German word Deutschland (“Germany”)
Symbol
D
- (chemistry) Deuterium, when it needs to be distinguished from ordinary hydrogen.
- (computing) Hexadecimal symbol for thirteen.
- A standard size of dry cell battery larger than C.
- Vehicle-distinguishing sign for Germany.
- (biochemistry) IUPAC one-letter abbreviation for aspartic acid.
- (mathematics) The differential operator in calculus and analysis.
- (linguistics) A wildcard for an alveolar consonant
- (finance) Long-term bond credit rating by Moody's Investors Service and S&P Global Ratings, indicating that a bond is in default, and the issuer is (or is about to become) bankrupt.
- (actuarial notation) arithmetically decreasing payments
- denier (unit)
- (clothing) Bra cup size.
Gallery
See also
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English
Etymology 1
From Old English D, a 7th century replacement by Latin upper case letter D of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ (d, “daeg”).
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /diː/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -iː
- Phoneme: IPA(key): /d/
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d, plural Ds or D's)
- The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.
- 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
- Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]
See also
Number
D (upper case, lower case d)
Etymology 2
Abbreviations.
Noun
D (countable and uncountable, plural Ds)
- Abbreviation of defense. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (US politics) Abbreviation of Democrat, especially preceding the constituent location.
- Antonym: R (“Republican”)
- D-New York
- (automotive) Abbreviation of drive, the setting of an automatic transmission.
- (printing) Abbreviation of duodecimo, as adopted by the American Library Association.
- (euphemistic, slang) Clipping of dick (“penis”).
- She wants the D!
- 2016, “Zaddy”, in Campaign, performed by Ty Dolla $ign:
- I give her the D, I give her the D, she callin' me zaddy
- (electronics) Abbreviation of data.
- (Unicode) Canonical decomposition
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (music) Abbreviation of Deutsch number in the Schubert Thematic Catalogue.
- Coordinate term: K (“Köchel number”)
- Symphony No. 4 Tragic D 417
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of day.
Interjection
D
- (euphemistic) Damn.
- 1879, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, “I am the Captain of the Pinafore”, in H.M.S. Pinafore; […], San Francisco: Bacon & Company, […], →OCLC:
- CAPTAIN. I never use a big, big D— ALL. What, never? CAPTAIN. No, never! ALL. What, never? CAPTAIN. Hardly ever! ALL. Hardly ever swears a big, big D—
References
- Unicode Consortium, Unicode Standard Annex #15, revision 41 (2014-06-05), § 1.2, table 1: “Normalization Forms”
Etymology 3
From the shape of the upper case letter "D".
Noun
D (plural Ds)
- (snooker) The semicircle on the baulk line, inside which the cue ball must be placed at a break-off.
- (soccer) The penalty arc on a football pitch.
- 2022 June 11, Ben Fisher, “Brennan Johnson’s late goal denies Belgium and extends the Wales party”, in The Guardian:
- Johnson, a late substitute, applied the finishing touch but it was move kickstarted by the again-impressive Neco Williams, who skedaddled forward from halfway with the ball in tow before feeding Aaron Ramsey on the edge of the D.
Etymology 4
From the position (4) of the letter D in the English alphabet.
Noun
D (plural Ds)
Afar
Albanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d/
Letter
D (D) (upper case D, lower case d)
- The 5th letter of the Standard Albanian Latin-script alphabet.
- The 7th letter of the Arvanitic Albanian Greek-script alphabet.
See also
- (Greek script letters) Α α, Β β, Ƃ ƅ, Γ γ, Γj γj, Δ δ, D d, Ε ε, Ε̱ ε̱, Ζ ζ, Ζ̇ ζ̇, Θ θ, Ι ι, J j, Κ κ, Κ̇ κ̇, Λ λ, ΛΛ λλ, Λ̇ λ̇, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ν̇ ν̇, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Ρ̇ ρ̇, Σ σ, Σ̈ σ̈, Τ τ, Ȣ ȣ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Χ̇ χ̇, ΤΣ τσ, ΤΣ̈ τσ̈, DΣ dσ, DΣ̈ dσ̈
- (Latin-script letters) shkronjë; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, Dh dh, E e, Ë ë, F f, G g, Gj gj, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, Nj nj, O o, P p, Q q, R r, Rr rr, S s, Sh sh, T t, Th th, U u, V v, X x, Xh xh, Y y, Z z, Zh zh
Angami
See also
- (Latin-script letters) Ü ü, Üi üi, A a, Ai ai, I i, Ie ie, U u, Uo uo, E e, Ei ei, O o, Ou ou, K k, Kh kh, G g, Ng ng, C c, Ch ch, J j, Jh jh, Ny ny, T t, Th th, D d, N n, Ts ts, Tsh tsh, Dz dz, P p, Ph ph, B b, M m, Pf pf, Bv bv, Y y, Yh yh, R r, Rh rh, L l, Lh lh, F f, V v, W w, Wh wh, S s, Sh sh, Z z, Zh zh, H h
Azerbaijani
Letter
D upper case (lower case d)
Central Franconian
Etymology
- /d/ is from West Germanic *d and *þ, in Ripuarian and northernmost Moselle Franconian also from geminated *dd (but not *þþ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d/, (coda) [t]
Letter
D
- A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
- A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
Usage notes
- In the German-based spelling, d is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem. In the syllable coda, the choice between d and t may be based on internal analogy, but more often follows the German cognate.
- In the Dutch-based spelling, d is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open. In the syllable coda, internal analogy prevails.
Chinese
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of D – see 啲 (“a few; a little bit; some; a bit; a bit more; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 啲). |
Pronunciation
Pronunciation
Noun
D
- (Cantonese) disco
- 2007 June 2, 志雲飯局, episode 32, spoken by 林夕:
- 我第一堂上大學嘅時候,個tutor已經問我「嘩!你著到噉,應間準備去D呀?」噉。 [Hong Kong Cantonese, trad.]
- ngo5 dai6 jat1 tong4 soeng5 daai6 hok6 ge3 si4 hau6, go3 tiu1 taa2 ji5 ging1 man6 ngo5 “waa3! nei5 zoek3 dou3 gam2, jing1 gaan1 zeon2 bei6 heoi3 di1 aa4?” gam2. [Jyutping]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
我第一堂上大学嘅时候,个tutor已经问我「哗!你著到噉,应间准备去D呀?」噉。 [Hong Kong Cantonese, simp.]
Pronunciation
Derived terms
- D臺/D台
Pronunciation 1
Letter
D
- The fourth letter of the Latin alphabet.
Pronunciation 2
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).
Elfdalian
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /do/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /d/
Audio (file) - Homophone (letter name): do (“so, therefore”)
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
Estonian
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
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 D for information on the development of the glyph itself.
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
Usage notes
- Used only in loanwords except for the weak grade of t.
See also
Hungarian
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of dél (“south”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdeːl]
Audio (file)
Declension
The declined forms below are used only in writing. When speaking, the declined forms of the full word should be used, as shown at dél.
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | D | D-ek |
accusative | D-et | D-eket |
dative | D-nek | D-eknek |
instrumental | D-lel | D-ekkel |
causal-final | D-ért | D-ekért |
translative | D-lé | D-ekké |
terminative | D-ig | D-ekig |
essive-formal | D-ként | D-ekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | D-ben | D-ekben |
superessive | D-en | D-eken |
adessive | D-nél | D-eknél |
illative | D-be | D-ekbe |
sublative | D-re | D-ekre |
allative | D-hez | D-ekhez |
elative | D-ből | D-ekből |
delative | D-ről | D-ekről |
ablative | D-től | D-ektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
D-é | D-eké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
D-éi | D-ekéi |
Possessive forms of D | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | D-em | D-eim |
2nd person sing. | D-ed | D-eid |
3rd person sing. | D-e | D-ei |
1st person plural | D-ünk | D-eink |
2nd person plural | D-etek | D-eitek |
3rd person plural | D-ük | D-eik |
Coordinate terms
(compass points) égtájak;
északnyugat (ÉNy) | észak (É) | északkelet (ÉK) |
nyugat (Ny) | kelet (K) | |
délnyugat (DNy) | dél (D) | délkelet (DK) |
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈd]
- (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈdeː]
Audio (file)
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | D | D-k |
accusative | D-t | D-ket |
dative | D-nek | D-knek |
instrumental | D-vel | D-kkel |
causal-final | D-ért | D-kért |
translative | D-vé | D-kké |
terminative | D-ig | D-kig |
essive-formal | D-ként | D-kként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | D-ben | D-kben |
superessive | D-n | D-ken |
adessive | D-nél | D-knél |
illative | D-be | D-kbe |
sublative | D-re | D-kre |
allative | D-hez | D-khez |
elative | D-ből | D-kből |
delative | D-ről | D-kről |
ablative | D-től | D-ktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
D-é | D-ké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
D-éi | D-kéi |
Possessive forms of D | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | D-m | D-im |
2nd person sing. | D-d | D-id |
3rd person sing. | D-je | D-i |
1st person plural | D-nk | D-ink |
2nd person plural | D-tek | D-itek |
3rd person plural | D-jük | D-ik |
Derived terms
- D-dúr
- D-vitamin
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.
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d/
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /de/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /d/
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
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 D for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
Latvian
Etymology
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [d]
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Malay
Pronunciation
- (name of letter) IPA(key): [di]
- (phoneme, syllable-initial) IPA(key): [d]
- (phoneme, syllable-final) IPA(key): [t̚]
Norwegian Bokmål
Letter
D (lowercase d)
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 D for development of the glyph itself.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d/, or IPA(key): /t/ if devoiced
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
Romani
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d/
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).
Saanich
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʼ/
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 D for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /d/
Slovene
Etymology
From Gaj's Latin alphabet D, from Czech alphabet D, from Latin D, from the Etruscan letter 𐌃 (d, “de”), from the Ancient Greek letter Δ (D, “delta”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤃 (d, “dalet”), from an uncertain origin, likely the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓉿.
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /d/, [t]
- (letter name): IPA(key): /də́/, /dèː/, /déː/
Audio (letter name, non-tonal) (file) - Rhymes: -ə, -eː
- Homophone: d
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
Inflection
- Overall more common
Masculine inan., soft o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | D | ||
gen. sing. | D-ja | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
D | D-ja | D-ji |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
D-ja | D-jev | D-jev |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
D-ju | D-jema | D-jem |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
D | D-ja | D-je |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
D-ju | D-jih | D-jih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
D-jem | D-jema | D-ji |
- More common when with a definite adjective
Masculine inan., no endings | |||
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nom. sing. | D | ||
gen. sing. | D | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | D | D | D |
accusative | D | D | D |
genitive | D | D | D |
dative | D | D | D |
locative | D | D | D |
instrumental | D | D | D |
See also
Further reading
- “D”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ˈdi/ [ˈdi] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
- Rhymes: -i
- IPA(key): /ˈde/ [ˈdɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
- Rhymes: -e
- IPA(key): /ˈda/ [ˈda] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
- Rhymes: -a
- IPA(key): /d/ [d] (phoneme)
- IPA(key): /ˈdi/ [ˈdi] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ)
- The fourth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called di and written in the Latin script.
- (historical) The fifth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called de and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- Sometimes switched with the letter ⟨R⟩ between vowels, ⟨W⟩, or ⟨Y⟩ in a word due to lenition of /d/ to /ɾ/ such as dadaan can become daraan. Compare flapping in pronunciation of English medal. The letter does not change if the next consonant is an /ɾ/ (such as madurog does not become marurog) or /l/ (such as madilim does not become marilim).
- Some words starting with the letter can also become ⟨R⟩ if the last letter of the preceding word is a vowel, ⟨W⟩, or ⟨Y⟩. Examples are daw/raw, dito/rito, dami/rami, and damot/ramot.
- On all cases stated above, it is acceptable whether ⟨D⟩ or ⟨R⟩ is used. However, the said phenomena do not occur on proper nouns nor recent loan words.
- In the Teresa-Morong dialect, the letter R may interchange with the letter on any position in the word even when not followed by a vowel, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩. (ex. ragat/dagat and bayar/bayad). Exceptions are recent loanwords, or if the next consonant after a /d/ is /ɾ/ (such as in durog) or /l/ (such as in dila).
- Often switched with the letter ⟨r⟩ on non-initial positions in early texts which may indicate ancient pronunciation of words.
See also
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d, Baybayin spelling ᜇ)
- The fourth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called da and written in the Latin script.
Further reading
- chapter D, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Turkish
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ze˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jej˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jej˧˧]
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Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
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(key): /diː/
- (informal) IPA(key): /də/
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
Mutation
- D at the beginning of words mutates to Dd in a soft mutation, to N in a nasal mutation and is unchanged by aspirate mutation, for example with the word Dinbych (“Denbigh”):
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
Dinbych | Ddinbych | Ninbych | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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), chapter D, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Yoruba
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
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
D (upper case, lower case d)