M

M is the thirteenth letter of the Latin alphabet.

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M is also the name of M-Source

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M is also the name of a 1931 movie by Fritz Lang.

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M is also the name of a now-defunct professional videocassette format developed by Matsushita and RCA.

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The letter M represents the bilabial nasal consonant sound, IPA , in Classical languages as well as the modern languages. It derives its shape from the Greek Mu (Μ, μ). Semitic Mem originally pictured water, in all probability.

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The Oxford English Dictionary (first edition) says that 'm' is sometimes a vowel in words like spasm and in the suffix -ism. In modern terminology this would be described as a syllabic consonant — IPA .

M: M is the thirteenth letter of the Latin alphabet....

1931: 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday....

Fritz Lang: Friedrich Anton Christian Lang (December 5, 1890 - August 2, 1976) was an Austrian film director, screenwriter and occasional film producer, one of the best known emigr?s from Germany's school of expressionism to work in Hollywood. His most famous films are probably the groundbreaking Metropolis (th...