The 7 Forgotten Letters of the Alphabet

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The English alphabet contains 26 letters. These 26 letters represent all the sounds the English language has to offer. Or, does it? Thinking about it for a second, you probably realize that no, the English alphabet doesn't contain all the sounds of the English language. At one point, the alphabet had almost 30 letters. And so, in this video, we’ll go over the seven forgotten letters of the English alphabet.

Sources:
From Old English to Standard English by Dennis Freeborn

We used to have six more letters in the English alphabet by Hannah Poindexter https://qz.com/914372/we-used-to-have...

10 Letters That Didn't Make the Alphabet by M Asher Cantrell
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/3...

Music:
Sneaky Snitch, Scheming Weasel, the Snow Queen and Midnight Tale by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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