J, the Letter, Was Added to the English Alphabet

J, the Letter, Was Added to the English Alphabet and to the Latin alphabet in the 16th century. The J came from a Germanic alphabet, changing the English and the Latin I. J was added some time in the 1500’s, and is shown in the following Wikipedia quote.

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