Editing V (section)

==Use in writing systems==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+ Pronunciation of {{angbr|v}} by language
! Orthography
! Phonemes
|-
! [[Catalan orthography|Catalan]]
| {{IPAslink|v}} or {{IPAslink|b}}
|-
! [[Cherokee language|Cherokee]] romanization
| {{IPAslink|ə̃}}
|-
! {{nwr|[[Standard Chinese]]}} (substitute for {{vr|ü}} in [[Pinyin]])
| {{IPAslink|y}}
|-
! [[Choctaw language|Choctaw]] (substitute for {{angbr|ʋ}})
| {{IPAslink|ə}}
|-
! [[Dutch orthography|Dutch]]
| {{IPAslink|v}} or {{IPAslink|f}}
|-
! [[English orthography|English]]
| {{IPAslink|v}}
|-
! [[Esperanto orthography|Esperanto]]
| {{IPAslink|v}}
|-
! [[French orthography|French]]
| {{IPAslink|v}}
|-
! [[Galician alphabet|Galician]]
| {{IPAslink|b}}
|-
! [[German orthography|German]]
| {{IPAslink|f}}, {{IPAslink|v}}
|-
! [[Indonesian orthography|Indonesian]]
|{{IPAslink|f}}
|-
! [[Italian orthography|Italian]]
|{{IPAslink|v}}
|-
! [[Irish orthography|Irish]]
| {{IPAslink|w}}, {{IPAslink|vʲ}}
|-
! [[Malay orthography|Malay]]
| {{IPAslink|v}}
|-
! [[Muscogee language|Muscogee]]
| {{IPAslink|ə}} ~ {{IPAslink|a}}
|-
! [[Old Norse orthography|Old Norse]]
| {{IPAslink|w}}
|-
! [[Portuguese orthography|Portuguese]]
| {{IPAslink|v}} or {{IPAslink|b}}
|-
! [[Spanish orthography|Spanish]]
| {{IPAslink|b}}
|-
! [[Turkish alphabet|Turkish]]
| {{IPAslink|v}}
|}
===English===
In English, {{vr|v}} represents a [[voiced labiodental fricative]].

Special rules of orthography normally apply to the letter {{vr|v}}:
* Traditionally, {{vr|v}} is not doubled to indicate a [[short vowel]], the way, for example, {{vr|p}} is doubled to indicate the difference between ''super'' and ''supper''. However, that is changing with newly coined words, such as {{wikt-lang|en|savvy}}, ''divvy up'' and ''skivvies''.
* A word-final {{IPAc-en|v|}} sound (except in ''of'') is normally spelled -{{vr|ve}}, regardless of the pronunciation of the vowel before it. This rule does not apply to transliterations of Slavic and Hebrew words, such as ''[[Kyiv]]'' (''Kiev''), or to words that started out as abbreviations, such as ''sov'' for ''sovereign''.
* The {{IPAc-en|V|}} sound is spelled {{vr|o}}, not {{vr|u}}, before the letter {{vr|v}}. This originated with a mediaeval scribal practice designed to increase legibility by avoiding too many vertical strokes ([[minim (palaeography)|minim]]s) in a row.

Like {{vr|[[j]]}}, {{vr|[[k]]}}, {{vr|[[w]]}}, {{vr|[[x]]}} and {{vr|[[z]]}}, {{vr|v}} is not used very frequently in English. It is the [[Letter frequency|sixth least frequently used letter]] in the English language, occurring in roughly 1% of words. {{vr|v}} is the only letter that cannot be used to form an English two-letter word in the British<ref>Collins Scrabble Dictionary Revised 6th edition (2022) Harper Collins {{ISBN|978 00085 2391 6}}</ref> and Australian<ref>{{cite web|title=2-Letter Words with Definitions|url=http://www.scrabble.org.au/words/twos.htm|publisher=Australian Scrabble Players Association (ASPA)|access-date=20 February 2013|date=8 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305065759/http://www.scrabble.org.au/words/twos.htm|archive-date=5 March 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> versions of the game of [[Scrabble]]. It is one of only two letters (the other being {{vr|c}}) that cannot be used this way in the American version.<ref>{{cite web|author=Hasbro staff |year=2014 |url=http://www.hasbro.com/scrabble/en_US/2LetterList.cfm |title=Scrabble word lists:2-Letter Words |publisher=Hasbro |access-date=11 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407014234/http://www.hasbro.com/scrabble/en_US/2LetterList.cfm |archive-date=2014-04-07 }}</ref><ref>[[Official Scrabble Players Dictionary]], 6th Edition (2018) Merriam Webster {{ISBN|978 08777 9422 6}}</ref> {{vr|v}} is also the only letter in the English language that is never silent.<ref>{{cite news|title=Every Letter Is Silent, Sometimes|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/mums-the-letter-when-letters-dont-say-a-thing/v|access-date=5 March 2023|archive-date=5 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305065324/https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/mums-the-letter-when-letters-dont-say-a-thing/v|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Romance languages===
The letter represents {{IPAslink|v}} in several [[Romance languages]], but in others it represents the same sound as {{vr|b}}, i.e. {{IPAslink|b}}, due to a process known as [[betacism]]. Betacism occurs in most dialects of [[Spanish language|Spanish]], in some dialects of [[Catalan language|Catalan]] and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], as well as in [[Aragonese language|Aragonese]], [[Asturleonese language|Asturleonese]] and [[Galician language|Galician]].

In Spanish, the phoneme has two main [[allophones]]; in most environments, it is pronounced {{IPA|{{IPAblink|β̞}}|lang=es}}, but after a pause or a [[Nasal consonant|nasal]] it is typically {{IPAblink|b|lang=es}}. See [[Spanish phonology#Consonants|Allophones of /b d g/ in Spanish phonology]] for a more thorough discussion.

In [[Corsican language|Corsican]], {{vr|v}} represents {{IPAblink|b}}, {{IPAblink|v}}, {{IPAblink|β}} or {{IPAblink|w}}, depending on the position in the word and the sentence.

===Other languages===
[[File:Newes ABC Buchlein MET DP855605.jpg|thumb|180px|Late [[Renaissance]] or early [[Baroque]] design of {{vr|v}}, from 1627]]
In most languages that use the Latin alphabet, {{vr|v}} represents a [[voiced]] [[bilabial]] or [[labiodental]] sound.

In contemporary [[German language|German]], it represents {{IPAslink|v}} in most loanwords, while in native German words, it always represents {{IPAslink|f}}.

In standard [[Dutch language|Dutch]], it traditionally represents {{IPAslink|v}}, but in many regions, it represents {{IPAslink|f}} in some or all positions.

In the Latinization of the [[Cherokee syllabary]], {{vr|v}} represents a nasalized schwa, {{IPAslink|ə̃}}.

In [[Chinese language|Chinese]] [[pinyin]], while {{IPA|v}} is not used, the letter {{vr|v}} is used by most input methods to enter the letter {{vr|ü}}, which most keyboards lack ([[Romanization of Chinese|romanized-input Chinese]] is a popular method to enter Chinese text). Informal [[romanization of Chinese|romanizations]] of [[Standard Mandarin|Mandarin]] [[Chinese language|Chinese]] use {{vr|v}} as a substitute for the [[close front rounded vowel]] [[Help:IPA/Mandarin|/y/]], properly written {{vr|ü}} in both pinyin and [[Wade–Giles]].

===Other systems===
In the [[help:IPA|International Phonetic Alphabet]], {{angbr IPA|v}} represents the [[voiced labiodental fricative]].