Transition probabilities (shown as percentages) between successive letters in the names of girls born in 2021 in the USA [OC]MrLagzy t1_j6cmypw wrote
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Only words i can think of that doesn't have U after Q is Qatar or Qaeda.
Maybe more common in Arab languages?
myrianthe t1_j6cq469 wrote
Interesting! I haven’t thought of that.
Latin had the same Qu thing, so perhaps it’s only common among the Latinate languages.
MrLagzy t1_j6crlvl wrote
When it comes to English, Danish (I'm Danish) or Spanish i don't think there's any words originating from these languages where Q isn't followed by a U.
I tried googling Q words and all words i found where it wasn't followed by a U, was Arab surnames, Arab or asian words. Qi for an example. Albanian currency is called Qintar.
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