M

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Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic and Logographic
Language of origin	Latin language
Sound values	[m]; [ɱ]; [n]; [n̼]; /ɛm/;
In Unicode	U+004D, U+006D
Alphabetical position	13; Numerical value: 1000
History
Development	Μ μ 𐌌 M m; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Time period	~−700 to present
Descendants	₥; ™℠; ᴟ; ꬺ; ꟽ ɯ ɰ; ꟿ; ᛗ;
Sisters	М; Ӎ; מ; ם; م; ܡ; מּ; ﬦ; ; Ⰿ; ࠌ; 𐌼;
Other
Associated graphs	m(x)
Associated numbers	1000
Writing direction	Left-to-right
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M, or m, is the thirteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of several western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is em (pronounced /ˈɛm/), plural ems.^[1]

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