Č

• IPA^(key): /tʃ/

Č (lower case č)

1. The sixth letter of the Jarai alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• Tc

1. IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Č (lower case č)

1. A letter of the Kabyle alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Č (lower case č)

1. A letter of the Lakota alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (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

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.

• IPA^(key): [tʃ]

Č

Č (upper case, lower case č)

1. The fifth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called čē and written in the Latin script.

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Č (lower case č)

1. The fourth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called čej and written in the Latin script.

A rare letter in Lower Sorbian, found only in loanwords. The sound /t͡ʃ/ is more commonly spelled ⟨Tš⟩ (lower case ⟨tš⟩).

• (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

Č (lower case č)

1. A letter of the Osage Latin alphabet. Osage script 𐒵.

• Tš

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Č (upper case, lower case č)

1. (Pan-Vlax) The fourth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

   Synonym: (International Standard) Ć

• (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).

Č (upper case, lower case č, Cyrillic spelling Ч)

1. The 4th letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet alphabet, preceded by C and followed by Ć, and representing /tʃ/.

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Č (lower case č)

1. The fifth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  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

• Ч (Metelko alphabet, Danjko alphabet)
• ZH, Zh (Bohorič alphabet)

From Gaj's Latin alphabet Č, from Czech alphabet Č, from latin 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.

• (phoneme, standard): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/, [d͡ʒ]
• (phoneme, dialects with t’–č distinction): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/, /t͡ɕ/, [d͡ʒ], [d͡ʑ]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə́/, /t͡ʃéː/, /t͡ʃèː/
• (letter name, linguistics): IPA^(key): /tə̀rdi t͡ʃə́/, /tə̀rdi t͡ʃèː/, /tə̀rdi t͡ʃéː/ (trdi č)
• Rhymes: -ə, -eː

Č (upper case, lower case č)

1. The fourth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. The sixth letter of the Resian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
3. The fourth letter of the Natisone Valley dialect alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Č m inan

1. The name of the Latin script letter Č / č.

• Overall more common

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

• More common when with a definite adjective

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Zz, Žž
• Ć

Steenwijk, Han (1994) Ortografia resiana = Tö jošt rozajanskë pïsanjë (overall work in Italian and Slovene), Padua: CLEUP