ċ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "c"
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IrishEdit
LetterEdit
ċ (upper case Ċ)
- The letter c with a ponc séimhithe (dot above), used primarily in Gaelic type; equivalent to the digraph ch in roman type.
See alsoEdit
(Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó), P p, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v
MalteseEdit
EtymologyEdit
The dot indicates the “softer” of two pronunciations, in this case the affricate /t͡ʃ/ instead of the plosive /k/ (the two possible realisations of c in Italian). Compare ġ and ż.
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ċ (lower case, upper case Ċ)
- The third letter of the Maltese alphabet, after b.
Usage notesEdit
- In contemporary Maltese, the simple letter c is only used in names and not yet integrated borrowings (chiefly from English, as Italo-Romance words are automatically integrated).
See alsoEdit
Old EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ċ (lower case, upper case Ċ)
- A modified version of c sometimes used in modern texts, representing a /k/ that underwent palatalization.
SloveneEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- (more common) c̣ (c + ◌̣)
EtymologyEdit
Letter a with dot above ◌̇ to signify a consonant between alveolar and post-alveolar pronunciation.
PronunciationEdit
SymbolEdit
ċ
- (Ramovš transcription) Phonetic transcription of dialectal sound [t͇͡s͇].
Usage notesEdit
Although by the description, the corresponding IPA representation should be approximately [t͇͡s͇], no equivalent IPA representation is given in the source.