Tresillo (capital: Ꜫ, small: ꜫ; Spanish for "little three") is a letter of several colonial Mayan alphabets in the

Latin script The Latin script, also known as the Roman script, is a writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae in Magna Graecia. The Gree ...

that is based on the digit 3. It was invented by a

Franciscan The Franciscans are a group of related organizations in the Catholic Church, founded or inspired by the Italian saint Francis of Assisi. They include three independent Religious institute, religious orders for men (the Order of Friars Minor bei ...

friar, Francisco de la Parra, in the 16th century to represent the uvular ejective consonant found in

Mayan languages The Mayan languages In linguistics, it is conventional to use ''Mayan'' when referring to the languages, or an aspect of a language. In other academic fields, ''Maya'' is the preferred usage, serving as both a singular and plural noun, and a ...

, and is known as one of the Parra letters. In cursive form, the tresillo is often written . As an example of use, the word for fire in the

Kaqchikel language The Kaqchikel language (in modern orthography; formerly also spelled Cakchiquel or Cachiquel) is an Mesoamerican languages, indigenous Mesoamerican language and a member of the Quichean–Mamean branch of the Mayan languages language family, fami ...

, , is written in the Parra orthography.

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Cuatrillo and Tresillo in Recent Linguistic Publications
Latin-script letters, 3 Tresillo Mayan languages {{Latin-script-stub

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