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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)
See also
Derived terms
Albanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃ/
Azerbaijani
Letter
ç lower case (upper case Ç)
Basque
Pronunciation
Usage notes
- Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.
- It is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of c.
Catalan
Letter
ç (lower case, upper case Ç)
- 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.
French
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) commencer (“to begin”, infinitive), commençons (“we begin”, first-person plural indicative present).
Portuguese
Etymology
C + Old Galician-Portuguese Ꝣ (“Visigothic z”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s/
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
Letter
ç (upper case Ç)
Romani
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (after n) /t͡s/, (after all other letters) /s/
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
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)