What is the relevence of the letter Q in the English alphabet?

Question

I don't know why this bugs me, but there are three letters that produce the same sound, C, K, and Q. Now I can understand why C and K co-exist, K came from the Greeks, C came from the Etruscans and was similarly adopted by the Romans who conquered the Greeks and preferred their letter C because it was probably more eye pleasing. But since a certain rule involving the letters E and I made it necessary pronounce C as an S, it appeared that the Northern Europeans adopted the Greek letter Kappa as "Kay" to allow "ka" sounds to be used before E and I, unless that happened to be the original reason for the letter Q's existence. But of course, Q is most always reserved for the instances when it's paired with U for the "kwa" sound that it can't make by itself, or then again, in Spanish it seems to replace instances where a K would be in loan words but even then it's followed by a U (and another vowel after). So what I want to know is, is Q in the alphabet for a good reason?

Answer 1

Quintessential query!

Answer 2

it would be letters that allowed us to place in writing the sounds that we ought to continually characterize with conjugates like: Sh, Ch and Th, and letters that could enable a different representation of the distinctive sounds that we supply to our vowels. The letter A interior the words: 'cat', 'cart' and 'cape' desires 3 types, the I of 'equipment' and 'kite' desires 2 types, as does the E of 'get' or 'shop', and the U of 'yet' and 'mute', jointly as the O of 'boy', 'boo', 'cow' and 'offered' desires 4 types, to symbolize those sounds uniquely, jointly as adverse letter Y has to double as the two a vowel, as in 'by', and a consonant as in 'yacht' (a be conscious whose spelling avoids any pretence at certainty). regrettably, the English version of the Roman Alphabet is a some letters too few for the language, so particularly than having a accepted, i'm mourning those lacking, and not least, the at the instant departed ampersand (&) which exchange into the twenty seventh letter in Victorian cases.

Answer 3

Quit questioning the relevence of the letter Q.

Answer 4

good question. i would like to know the answer