Why Is Q Always Followed By U?

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SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
Digraphs: https://www.twinkl.co.uk/teaching-wik...
The QU Digraph: http://ingles-americano.blogspot.com/...
List of English words containing Q not followed by U: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Why Does The Letter Q Almost Always Need The Letter U?: https://www.dictionary.com/e/q/
History of Q: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Q-le...
Why Does Q (Almost) Always Go With a U?: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/5...
Koppa: https://memim.com/koppa-letter.html
Qoph: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qoph
Early Greek Alphabet: https://www.brown.edu/Departments/Jou...
The Phoenicians: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pho...
Rounding: https://www.britannica.com/topic/roun...