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Translingual
Etymology
From ⟨ꝣ⟩, the Visigothic form of the letter z, which resembled a C with a subscript z.
Pronunciation
(IPA symbol):: (file)
Symbol
ç
- (IPA) a voiceless palatal fricative.
- (superscript ⟨ᶜ̧⟩, IPA) [ç]-fricated release of a plosive (e.g. [cᶜ̧] or [kᶜ̧]), sometimes implying an affricate (e.g. ⟨cᶜ̧⟩ for [c͡ç]); [ç]-coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [ç].
Usage notes
A superscript ⟨ᶜ̧⟩ needs to be composed with a cedilla diacritic: U+1D9C ⟨ᶜ⟩ + U+0327 ⟨◌̧⟩.
Albanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃ/
Letter
ç (uppercase Ç)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) shkronjë; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, Dh dh, E e, Ë ë, F f, G g, Gj gj, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, Nj nj, O o, P p, Q q, R r, Rr rr, S s, Sh sh, T t, Th th, U u, V v, X x, Xh xh, Y y, Z z, Zh zh
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
Letter
ç lower case (upper case Ç)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /s̻e hau̯t͡s̺i/ [s̻e hau̯.t͡s̺i]
- Hyphenation: ç
Letter
ç (lower case, upper case Ç)
Usage notes
- Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.
- It is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of c.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Catalan
Pronunciation
Letter
ç (lower case, upper case Ç)
- c cedilla (the ce trencada, the letter c with a cedilla, used to represent /s/ before a, o or u; it is not considered a separate letter)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) lletres; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L l·l), M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
French
Letter
ç (lower case, upper case Ç)
Usage notes
- ⟨ç⟩ is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of ⟨c⟩. Accordingly it has the same value in alphabetical orders.
- It is used when a ⟨c⟩ is pronounced /s/ before ⟨a⟩, ⟨o⟩ or ⟨u⟩. This happens mostly in derivatives and inflections. For example, français (“French”) derived from France, or commençons (“we begin”), inflected form of commencer. One of the fairly rare counterexamples would be façon (“way, fashion”).
Juǀ'hoan
Letter
ç
- (dated) the voiceless palatal click consonant, and the base of multigraphs for the other palatal clicks; now replaced with ⟨ǂ⟩.
Naro
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ᵏǂ/
Letter
ç (upper case Ç)
Portuguese
Etymology
C + Old Galician-Portuguese Ꝣ (“Visigothic z”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s/
Letter
ç (lower case, upper case Ç)
Usage notes
Ç is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of C. It is used where a <c> pronounced /s/ occurs before <a>, <o> or <u> (due to etymology or inflection). Examples: (Inflection) merecer ("to deserve", infinitive), mereça (imperative). (Etymology) maça from Latin mattia, massa from Latin massa (both /ˈmasa/). Never occurs word-initially.
Rohingya
Pronunciation
Letter
ç (upper case Ç)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á), B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o (Ó ó), P p (Q q), R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z
Romani
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (after n) /t͡s/, (after all other letters) /s/
Letter
ç (lower case, upper case Ç)
- (International Standard) Used to represent -ça.
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).
References
- Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “-ç-”, in ニューエクスプレス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 15
Spanish
Letter
ç (lower case, upper case Ç)
Usage notes
- Now replaced by the letter z.
Turkish
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /t͡ʃ/
- (letter name): IPA(key): /t͡ʃeː/
Letter
ç (lower case, upper case Ç)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) harf; A a (Â â), B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i (Î î), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u (Û û), Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z
Turkmen
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /t͡ʃ/
Letter
ç (upper case Ç)