Q

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La diciassettesima lettera (maiuscola) dell'alfabeto Latino, preceduta da P e seguita da R. Minuscola q.

IPA: , (nome lettera)

𐤒(Fenicio)→𐌒 (Etrusco)→Ϙ (Greco)→Q (Latino)

In origine derivata dalla lettera 𐤒 (qoph) in Fenicio, che venne modificata in Etrusco e Greco antico in 𐌒, che rappresentava il fonema , che si indebolì in in Etrusco e successivamente in Latino modificata ma mantenendo la pronuncia.

In Latino la Q è sempre seguita dalla lettera V (U) per formare il digramma QV (QU) che indica il suono .