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Č
Translingual
Symbol
č
( NAPA ) a voiceless postalveolar affricate (IPA ).
Czech
Pronunciation
Letter
č (upper case Č )
The fourth letter of the Czech alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) písmeno ; A a , Á á , B b , C c , Č č , D d , Ď ď , E e , É é , Ě ě , F f , G g , H h , Ch ch , I i , Í í , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , Ň ň , O o , Ó ó , P p , Q q , R r , Ř ř , S s , Š š , T t , Ť ť , U u , Ú ú , Ů ů , V v , W w , X x , Y y , Ý ý , Z z , Ž ž
Jarai
Pronunciation
Letter
č (upper case Č )
The sixth letter of the Jarai alphabet , written in the Latin script .
Kabyle
Pronunciation
Letter
č (upper case Č )
The fourth letter of the Kabyle alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) asekkil ; A a , B b , C c , Č č , D d , Ḍ ḍ , E e , F f , G g , Ǧ ǧ , H h , Ḥ ḥ , I i , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , Ɣ ɣ , Q q , R r , Ṛ ṛ , S s , Ṣ ṣ , T t , Ṭ ṭ , U u , W w , X x , Y y , Z z , Ẓ ẓ , Ɛ ɛ
Karelian
Pronunciation
Letter
č (upper case Č )
The third letter of the Karelian alphabet , called čee and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , B b , C c , Č č , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , R r , S s , Š š , Z z , Ž ž , T t , U u , V v , Y y , Ä ä , Ö ö , ʼ
Lakota
Pronunciation
Letter
č (upper case Čh )
A letter of the Lakota alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a (Á á ), Aŋ aŋ (Áŋ áŋ ), B b , Č č , Čh čh , Čʼ čʼ , E e (É é ), G g , Ǧ ǧ , H h , Ȟ ȟ , Ȟʼ ȟʼ , I i (Í í ), Iŋ iŋ (Íŋ íŋ ), K k , Kh kh , Kȟ kȟ , Kʼ kʼ , L l , M m , N n , O o (Ó ó ), P p , Ph ph , Pȟ pȟ , Pʼ pʼ , S s , Sʼ sʼ , Š š , Šʼ šʼ , T t , Th th , Tȟ tȟ , Tʼ tʼ , U u (Ú ú ), Uŋ uŋ (Úŋ úŋ ), W w , Y y , Z z , Ž ž , ʼ
Latvian
Etymology
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs , which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur , and sporadically in Cyrillic .
Pronunciation
Letter
č (lower case , upper case Č )
The fifth letter of the Latvian alphabet , called čē and written in the Latin script .
See also
Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
burti : A a , Ā ā , B b , C c , Č č , D d , E e , Ē ē , F f , G g , Ģ ģ , H h , I i , Ī ī , J j , K k , Ķ ķ , L l , Ļ ļ , M m , N n , Ņ ņ , O o , P p , R r , S s , Š š , T t , U u , Ū ū , V v , Z z , Ž ž
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Letter
č (upper case Č )
The fourth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet , called čej and written in the Latin script .
Usage notes
A rare letter in Lower Sorbian, found only in loanwords. The sound /t͡ʃ/ is more commonly spelled ⟨tš⟩ .
See also
( Latin-script letters) pismik ; A a , B b , C c , Č č , Ć ć , D d , E e , Ě ě , F f , G g , H h , Ch ch , I i , J j , K k , Ł ł , L l , M m , N n , Ń ń , O o (Ó ó ), P p , R r , Ŕ ŕ , S s , Š š , Ś ś , T t , U u , W w , Y y , Z z , Ž ž , Ź ź
( obsolete letters ) B́ b́ , Ė ė , Ḿ ḿ , Ṅ ṅ , Ṕ ṕ , Ṙ ṙ , ſ , ß , Ꞩ ẜ , Ẃ ẃ , Ẇ ẇ , Ż ż
Lushootseed
Pronunciation
Letter
č
The seventh letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.
Osage
Pronunciation
Letter
č (upper case Č )
A letter of the Osage Latin alphabet. Osage script 𐓝 .
Romani
Pronunciation
Letter
č (lower case , upper case Č )
( Pan-Vlax ) The fourth letter of the Romani alphabet , written in the Latin script .
Synonym: ( International Standard ) ć
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , B b , C c , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , X x , I i , J j , K k , Kh kh , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , Ph ph , R r , S s , T t , Th th , U u , V v , Z z International Standard: (À à , Ä ä , Ǎ ǎ ), Ć ć , Ćh ćh , (È è , Ë ë , Ě ě ), (Ì ì , Ï ï , Ǐ ǐ ), (Ò ò , Ö ö , Ǒ ǒ ), Rr rr , Ś ś , (Ù ù , Ü ü , Ǔ ǔ ), Ź ź , Ʒ ʒ , Q q , Ç ç , ϴ θ . Pan-Vlax: Č č , Čh čh , Dž dž , (Dź dź ), Ř ř , Š š , (Ś ś ), Ž ž , (Ź ź ) .
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Letter
č (Cyrillic spelling ч )
The 4th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica ), preceded by c and followed by ć .
Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
Letter
č (upper case Č )
The fifth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) bukva ; A a , Â â , B b , C c , Č č , Ʒ ʒ , Ǯ ǯ , D d , Đ đ , E e , F f , G g , Ǧ ǧ , Ǥ ǥ , H h , I i , J j , K k , Ǩ ǩ , L l , M m , N n , Ŋ ŋ , O o , Õ õ , P p , R r , S s , Š š , T t , U u , V v , Z z , Ž ž , Å å , Ä ä , ʹ
Slovak
Pronunciation
Letter
č (upper case Č )
The sixth letter of the Slovak alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) písmeno ; A a , Á á , Ä ä , B b , C c , Č č , D d , Ď ď , Dz dz , Dž dž , E e , É é , F f , G g , H h , Ch ch , I i , Í í , J j , K k , L l , Ĺ ĺ , Ľ ľ , M m , N n , Ň ň , O o , Ó ó , Ô ô , P p , Q q , R r , Ŕ ŕ , S s , Š š , T t , Ť ť , U u , Ú ú , V v , W w , X x , Y y , Ý ý , Z z , Ž ž
Further reading
“č ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science ] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk , 2003–2024
Slovene
ɥ ( Metelko alphabet, Danjko alphabet )
zh ( Bohorič alphabet )
Etymology
From Gaj's Latin alphabet ć , from Czech alphabet č , from Latin c , a modification of uppercase letter C , from Etruscan 𐌂 ( c ) , from Ancient Greek Γ ( G , “ Gamma ” ) , from Phoenician 𐤂 ( g , “ gimel ” ) . Pronunciation as IPA (key ) : /t͡ʃə/ is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably by analogy of German C from German.
Pronunciation
( phoneme, standard ) : IPA (key ) : /t͡ʃ/ ,
( phoneme, dialects with t’–č distinction ) : IPA (key ) : /t͡ʃ/ , /t͡ɕ/ , ,
( letter name ) : IPA (key ) : /t͡ʃə́/ , /t͡ʃéː/ , /t͡ʃèː/
( letter name, linguistics ) : IPA (key ) : /tə̀rdi t͡ʃə́/ , /tə̀rdi t͡ʃèː/ , /tə̀rdi t͡ʃéː/ (trdi č )
Rhymes: -ə , -eː
Letter
č (lower case , upper case Č )
The fourth letter of the Slovene alphabet , written in the Latin script .
The fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script .
The fourth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script .
Symbol
č
( SNPT ) Phonetic transcription of sound .
Noun
č m inan
The name of the Latin script letter Č / č .
( linguistics ) The name of the phoneme /t͡ʃ / .
Inflection
More common when with a definite adjective
Masculine inan., no endings
nom. sing.
č
gen. sing.
č
singular
dual
plural
nominative
č
č
č
accusative
č
č
č
genitive
č
č
č
dative
č
č
č
locative
č
č
č
instrumental
č
č
č
See also
(Latin script letters ) A a , B b , C c , Č č , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , R r , S s , Š š , T t , U u , V v , Z z , Ž ž
č
ċ
References
Steenwijk, Han (1994 ) Ortografia resiana = Tö jošt rozajanskë pïsanjë (overall work in Italian and Slovene), Padua: CLEUP
Upper Sorbian
Pronunciation
Letter
č (lower case , upper case Č )
The fourth letter of the Upper Sorbian alphabet , called čej and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , B b , C c , Č č , Ć ć , D d , Dź dź , E e , Ě ě , F f , G g , H h , Ch ch , I i , J j , K k , Ł ł , L l , M m , N n , Ń ń , O o , Ó ó , P p , R r , Ř ř , S s , Š š , T t , U u , W w , Y y , Z z , Ž ž