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B (Letter)

B
Latin B.svg
Spellings
Capital B
Bas-de-casse b
Use
Alphabets Latin
Order 2 nd
Phonemes main / B /

B is the second letter of the Latin alphabet and the first consonant. It is also the capital of handwriting beta of the Greek alphabet and the fifth of the Cyrillic alphabet.

Summary

History

Egyptian Hieroglyphic house Proto-Semitic house Phoenician beth Greek beta Etruscan B Roman B
Hieroglyph Egyptian
cottage
Proto-Semitic
home
beth Phoenician Beta Greek B Etruscan B Roman
Likely evolution of the grapheme


Evolution of the letter

The letter B probably takes its origin from the Proto-Sinaitic alphabet , an alphabet used in the Sinai, there are over 3500 years, itself derived from Egyptian hieroglyphs , the sound, / b /, was then represented by a house.

C. 1500 BC. AD, the second letter of the Phoenician alphabet , often called beth by analogy with the Hebrew alphabet , has a shape that was the basis for successive alphabets which were inspired, like the Greek alphabet. This letter, called beta , following the eye after being hit Phoenician and received a second loop. The letter was then drawn , then when the alphabet became bicameral , in lowercase.

The letter was then forwarded to the Latin alphabet through the Etruscan alphabet , itself derived from the Greek alphabet "red" used in Euboea (see the article History of the Greek alphabet ) - alphabet that Etruscans had learned to Pithekusa (Ischia), near Cumae. Passing into the Latin alphabet, the letters have lost their name to reduce the more often they sound, the Greek Beta was renamed b.

Typography

The spelling of the letter b tiny modern comes from the late Roman Empire, when scribes began omitting the upper loop of the letter.

BlackletterB-01.png UncialB-01.png ModernRomanB-01.png ModernItalicB-01.png ModernScriptB-01.png
Gothic Uncial Modern Roman Modern Italic Modern Script
Some examples of graphs of the letter B

Coding

Computer

Radio

Audio file
B Morse

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Other

Signaling Sign language Writing
Braille
Flag Semaphore French Quebec
ICS Bravo.svg Semaphore Bravo.svg RSA LettreB.jpg LSQ b.jpg Braille B2.svg

See also

Latin alphabet
A b C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Additional letters d ( ) /
With diacritical superscript: N

hook or crook: ( ) H ( )

registered: DJ ( ) pm T Z
Digraphs C. Dx Gb Kp LI Mb Mp Nd Ng Nh Nk Ns Nt Ny Nz Or Sh Th
Trigrams C'h Ngb NKP Sch Tsh
Obsolete letters s
Variants of the letter B
Superscript diacritic B (point suscrit) (stem) (tilde)
Diacritical registered (bar included)
Diacritical subscribed (palatal hook) (hook) B (purchased online) B (DOT)

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