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Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic and logographic
Language of origin	Latin language
Sound values	/s/; /z/; /ʃ/; /θ/; /ts/; /ʒ/; /ɛs/;
In Unicode	U+0053, U+0073
Alphabetical position	19
History
Development	Σ σ ς ς 𐌔 S s; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Time period	~−700 to present
Descendants	ſ; ß; Ƨ; Ꞅ; $; ₷; §; ℠; ᛋ; ∫;
Sisters	Ѕ ѕ; С с; Ш ш; Щ щ; Ҫ ҫ; Ԍ ԍ; ש; ش; ܫ; س; ࠔ; 𐎘; 𐡔; ሠ; ㅅ (disputed); Ս ս; श; स; શ; સ;
Variations	ſ
Other
Associated graphs	s(x), sh, sz
Writing direction	Left-to-right
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S or s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is ess^[a] (pronounced /ˈɛs/), plural esses.^[1]

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^ "S", Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition (1989); Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (1993); "ess," op. cit.

[2] "S", Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition (1989); Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (1993); "ess," op. cit.

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