Tresillo
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Tresillo (Spanish for "little three") is a letter of the Latin alphabet, based on the numeral 3. It was invented by Jesuit missionaries in the 16th century in order to represent the uvular ejective consonant (IPA: /qʼ/) found in Mayan languages.
[edit] See also
- Cuatrillo
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