Č

Č U+010C, Č LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CARON Composition: C [U+0043] + ◌̌ [U+030C] ← ċ [U+010B] Latin Extended-A č → [U+010D]

Latvian

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʃ]

Letter

Č

Č (upper case, lower case č)

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

See also

• 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

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

Č (lower case č)

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

Usage notes

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

See also

• (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

Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

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

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).

Serbo-Croatian

Letter

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/.

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

Č (lower case č)

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

See also

• (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

Slovene

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (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

Letter

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.

Noun

Č m inan

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

Inflection

• Overall more common

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	Č
gen. sing.	Č-ja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Č	Č-ja	Č-ji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Č-ja	Č-jev	Č-jev
dative (dajȃlnik)	Č-ju	Č-jema	Č-jem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Č	Č-ja	Č-je
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Č-ju	Č-jih	Č-jih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Č-jem	Č-jema	Č-ji

• More common when with a definite adjective

Masculine inan., no endings
nom. sing.	Č
gen. sing.	Č
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Č	Č	Č
accusative	Č	Č	Č
genitive	Č	Č	Č
dative	Č	Č	Č
locative	Č	Č	Č
instrumental	Č	Č	Č

See also

• (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

References

Steenwijk, Han (1994) Ortografia resiana = Tö jošt rozajanskë pïsanjë (in it, sl-rozaj), Padua: CLEUP