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<p>Taw, tav, or taf is the twenty-second and last <a href="/facts/Letter_(alphabet)/uRnrbGIJ">letter</a> of the <a href="/facts/Semitic_abjads/Hn50ebWn">Semitic abjads</a>, including <a href="/facts/Arabic_script/GB5gsj1F">Arabic</a> <i>tāʾ</i> ت, <a href="/facts/Aramaic_alphabet/hoqRfbYP">Aramaic</a> <i>taw</i> 𐡕, <a href="/facts/Hebrew_alphabet/qQStmr5u">Hebrew</a> <i>tav</i> ת, <a href="/facts/Phoenician_alphabet/Vr4smuYg">Phoenician</a> <i>tāw</i> 𐤕, and <a href="/facts/Syriac_alphabet/dA2LyFax">Syriac</a> <i>taw</i> ܬ. In Arabic, it also gives rise to the derived letter ث <i><a href="/facts/%25E1%25B9%25AE%25C4%2581%25CA%25BC/mbzqfT5A">ṯāʾ</a></i>. Its original sound value is /<a href="/facts/Voiceless_alveolar_plosive/1GaDe2Vy">t</a>/. It is related to the <a href="/facts/Ancient_North_Arabian/vQoIvuDl">Ancient North Arabian</a> 𐪉, <a href="/facts/Ancient_South_Arabian_script/IYpzKLkk">South Arabian</a> 𐩩, and <a href="/facts/Ge%25CA%25BDez_script/K4RRPwCl">Ge'ez</a> ተ. </p><p>The Phoenician letter gave rise to the <a href="/facts/Greek_alphabet/1cHwB8Dg">Greek</a> <i><a href="/facts/Tau/gfvnmJoH">tau</a></i> (Τ), <a href="/facts/Latin_alphabet/pqWVHpBz">Latin</a> <a href="/facts/T/82YCoGWK">T</a>, and <a href="/facts/Cyrillic_script/0btN3oWC">Cyrillic</a> <a href="/facts/Te_(Cyrillic)/w7GSVBhM">Т</a>. </p>