letter

Summary

letter ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,764 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• letter is a type of grapheme^[2].
• letter is a type of alphanumeric character^[3].
• letter is part of digraph^[4].
• letter is part of multigraph^[5].
• letter is part of word^[6].
• letter's Commons category is recorded as Letters^[7].
• letter comprises consonant letter^[8].
• letter comprises vowel letter^[9].
• letter's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Letters^[10].
• letter's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[11].
• letter's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[12].
• letter's used by is recorded as alphabetic writing system^[13].
• letter's used by is recorded as syllabic writing system^[14].
• letter's used by is recorded as abjad^[15].
• letter's used by is recorded as abugida^[16].
• letter's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Letter^[17].
• letter's different from is recorded as letter^[18].
• letter's different from is recorded as intra-word punctuation mark^[19].
• letter's different from is recorded as logogram^[20].
• letter's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q135113647^[21].
• letter's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[22].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include grapheme^[2] and alphanumeric character^[3].

Use and Application

Components include consonant letter^[8] and vowel letter^[9]. Part of include digraph^[4], multigraph^[5], and word^[6]. Recorded used by include alphabetic writing system^[13], syllabic writing system^[14], abjad^[15], and abugida^[16].

Influence

Things named for letter include Artiletra^[23], a magazine^[24], founded in 1991^[25], headquartered in Mindelo^[26].

Why It Matters

letter ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,764 views/month).^[1] letter has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] letter is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]

Entities named for letter include Artiletra^[23], a magazine^[24], founded in 1991^[25], headquartered in Mindelo^[26].