Z is the least used letter in the alphabet.
AnswerActually, according to a full scan of the 11th edition Concise Oxford Dictionary, the least used letter was Q. Z is sometimes said, and X is also sometimes said, but think about how many words have the prefix -EX.Z is used 0.07% of the alphabet
T,u, p,i,t,o
Z is used 0.07% Q is used 0.10% J and X are tied at 0.15% (from Wikipedia)
The language with the smallest alphabet is Rotokas, spoken in Papua New Guinea, with only 12 letters.
the alphabet
The letter "Z" is the least used letter in written English. It is estimated to have a frequency of around 0.07% in the English language, making it one of the least common letters. This is due to the limited number of words that begin or contain the letter "Z" in comparison to other more frequently used letters.
There is no such language as Ourmukhi. If you are talking about the Gurmukhi alphabet, it's used to write the Punjabi language.
The English alphabet came from the Latin alphabet, but there is no real reason why there are 26 letters, except to say that every written language has at least the minimum number of letters necessary to write the language.
A modified version of the Arabic alphabet is used for Persian. It is the 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet, plus 4 additional letters used only in Persian.
The Cambodian alphabet is the world's largest alphabet, with 74 letters. The world's shortest alphabet, is Rotokas, used in the Solomon Islands, has only 12 letters. Hawaiian is the shortest alphabet for a well-known language, with 13 letters.
All of the same letters as English
All letters of the alphabet are used in the English language. There are none that are excluded from common words.