Š U+0160, Š
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH CARON
Composition:S [U+0053] + ◌̌ [U+030C]
ş
[U+015F]
Latin Extended-A š
[U+0161]
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Š (upper case, lower case š)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called šaa and written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

  • Used only in loanwords.

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FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Common European letter for this sound, apparently first used in Czech; see Š on Wikipedia.

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Š (upper case, lower case š)

  1. A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called hattu-s or suhu-s and written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

  • In the Finnish alphabet, Š is a variant of S.
  • Used only in loanwords and transcribing foreign names.
  • Often written as s or sh.

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Kalo Finnish RomaniEdit

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Š (upper case, lower case š)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Kalo Finnish Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.[1]

Usage notesEdit

Used only in the digraph .[1]

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ReferencesEdit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kimmo Granqvist (2011), “Aakkoset [Alphabet]”, in Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi [Consice grammar of Finnish Romani]‎[1] (in Finnish), Kotimaisten kielten keskus, →ISBN, →ISSN, retrieved February 6, 2022, pages 1-2

LatvianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

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.

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Š (upper case, lower case š)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Latvian alphabet, called and written in the Latin script.

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LithuanianEdit

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Š (upper case, lower case š)

  1. 25th letter of the Lithuanian alphabet

Lower SorbianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • Ꞩch (obsolete)

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Š (lower case š)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called and written in the Latin script.

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RomaniEdit

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Š (upper case, lower case š)

  1. (Pan-Vlax) The twenty-sixth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    Synonym: (International Standard) Ś

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

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Š (upper case, lower case š, Cyrillic spelling Ш)

  1. 25th letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet

Skolt SamiEdit

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Š (lower case š)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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SloveneEdit

 
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Š (capital, lowercase š)

  1. The 20th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by S and followed by T.