Yodh
| Yodh | |
|---|---|
| Phoenician | 𐤉 |
| Hebrew | י |
| Samaritan | ࠉ |
| Aramaic | 𐡉 |
| Syriac | ܝ |
| Nabataean | 𐢍 |
| Arabic | ي |
| South Arabian | 𐩺 |
| Geʽez | የ |
| North Arabian | 𐪚 |
| Ugaritic | 𐎊 |
| Phonemic representation | j, i, e |
| Position in alphabet | 10 |
| Numerical value | 10 |
| Alphabetic derivatives of the Phoenician | |
| Greek | Ι |
| Latin | I, J, İ, J̇ |
| Cyrillic | І, Ј |
Yodh (also spelled jodh, yod, or jod) is the tenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician yōd 𐤉, Hebrew yod י, Aramaic yod 𐡉, Syriac yōḏ ܝ, and Arabic yāʾ ي. It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪚, South Arabian 𐩺, and Ge'ez የ. Its sound value is /j/ in all languages for which it is used; in many languages, it also serves as a long vowel, representing /iː/.
The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Iota (Ι), Latin I and J, Cyrillic І, Coptic Iauda (Ⲓ) and Gothic eis .
The term yod is often used to refer to the speech sound [j], a palatal approximant, even in discussions of languages not written in Semitic abjads, as in phonological phenomena such as English "yod-dropping".