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Ayin sits in 16th place in the alphabet and is a guttural cousin of Alef — it mostly carries the vowel. In Lepdy, children tap it, hear it, and discover words like 'etz' (tree), 'ayin' (eye) and 'uga' (cake).
Ayin is a guttural letter that, in most speech today, carries the vowel rather than making a separate sound.
Ayin is the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.