In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “fourteenth letter of the phoenician and hebrew alphabets”. Today it says “fourteenth letter of the semitic abjads”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “fourteenth letter of the phoenician and hebrew alphabets”. Today it says “fourteenth letter of the semitic abjads”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Nun is the fourteenth letter of the Phoenician and Hebrew alphabets .1The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Nu , Latin N , and the equivalent in the Cyrillic alphabet . v t e2
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Nun is the fourteenth letter of many Semitic abjads , including Phoenician , Aramaic , Hebrew נ and Arabic alphabet nūn ن (in abjadi order ).It is the third letter in Thaana (ނ), pronounced as "noonu".Its sound value is .The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek nu (Ν), Etruscan 𐌍, Latin N , and Cyrillic Н .
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Nun is the fourteenth letter of the Semitic abjads , including Phoenician Nūn , Hebrew Nun נ , Aramaic Nun , Syriac Nūn ܢܢ, and Arabic Nūn ن (in abjadi order ). It is the third letter in Thaana ( ނ ), pronounced as "noonu". Its sound value is [ n ] . The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek nu (Ν), Etruscan , Latin N , and Cyrillic Н .
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Nun is the fourteenth letter of the Semitic abjads , including Phoenician Nūn , Hebrew Nun , Aramaic Nun , Syriac Nūn ܢܢ, and Arabic Nūn ن (in abjadi order ). Its numerical value is 50. It is the third letter in Thaana ( ނ ), pronounced as "nonou". In all languages, it represents the alveolar nasal /n/. The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek nu (Ν), Etruscan , Latin N , and Cyrillic Н .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Fourteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets Nun is the fourteenth letter of the Semitic abjads , including Phoenician nūn 𐤍, Hebrew nūn נ, Aramaic nūn 𐡍, Syriac nūn ܢ, and Arabic nūn ن (in abjadi order ). Its numerical value is 50. It is the third letter in Thaana ( ނ ), pronounced as "noonu". In all languages, it represents the alveolar nasal /n/. The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek nu (Ν), Etruscan , Latin N , and Cyrillic Н .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Fourteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets Nun is the fourteenth letter of the Semitic abjads , including Phoenician nūn 𐤍, Hebrew nūn נ , Aramaic nūn 𐡍, Syriac nūn ܢ, and Arabic nūn ن (in abjadi order ). Its numerical value is 50. It is the third letter in Thaana ( ނ ), pronounced as "noonu". In all languages, it represents the alveolar nasal /n/. It is related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪌, South Arabian 𐩬 , and Ge'ez ነ . The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek nu (Ν), Etruscan , Latin N , and Cyrillic Н .
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fourteenth letter of the phoenician and hebrew alphabets
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fourteenth letter of the semitic abjads
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