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Primary glyph rendered below. Extend with historical alternates and transliteration metadata.
y
Y (Greek upsilon)
c. 100 BCE - 400 CE
Y (Greek upsilon)
Belongs to Classical Latin Alphabet.
Sound correspondences
Derived from the `correspondences` table. Each entry pairs the letter with a phoneme in a specific historical context.
y
Short front rounded /y/ in Greek loans (e.g., "syllaba").
yː
Long /yː/ (e.g., "nymphe").