Ch

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ch"

Angami

Letter

Ch (upper case, lower case ch, all caps CH)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) Ü ü, Üi üi, A a, Ai ai, I i, Ie ie, U u, Uo uo, E e, Ei ei, O o, Ou ou, K k, Kh kh, G g, Ng ng, C c, Ch ch, J j, Jh jh, Ny ny, T t, Th th, D d, N n, Ts ts, Tsh tsh, Dz dz, P p, Ph ph, B b, M m, Pf pf, Bv bv, Y y, Yh yh, R r, Rh rh, L l, Lh lh, F f, V v, W w, Wh wh, S s, Sh sh, Z z, Zh zh, H h

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃ/

Letter

Ch (upper case, lower case ch, all caps CH)

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

Chipewyan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͜ʃʰ/

Letter

Ch (upper case, lower case ch, all caps CH)

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈxaː]
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈx]

Letter

Ch (upper case, lower case ch, all caps CH)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Czech alphabet, called chá and written in the Latin script; preceded by H and followed by I.
   • 2006 November 2, Libor Kult, “S novým trenérem jsme nenašli společnou řeč”, in Hokej.cz‎^[1], retrieved 24 November 2015:

     Chtěl jsem do Chomutova.

     I wanted to go to Chomutov.

Usage notes

• The form Ch is usually used in the beginning of a proper name or of a sentence (e.g. in Chrudim).

Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ᵏǀʰ/

Letter

Ch (upper case, lower case ch, all caps CH)

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

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /x/, /ç/

Letter

Ch (upper case, lower case ch, all caps CH)

1. A digraph of the Irish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Khoekhoe

Letter

Ch (upper case, lower case ch, all caps CH, modern equivalent ǀH)

1. (obsolete, Tindall orthography) A letter of the Khoekhoe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Latvian

Letter

Ch (upper case, lower case ch, all caps CH)

1. (historical) A letter of the Latvian alphabet, written in the Latin script; used in older, pre-World-War-II Latvian spelling, but now replaced everywhere by H (lower case h).

Usage notes

This letter can still be found in older books, or in books written by the Latvian diaspora prior to the fall of the Soviet Union. It used to represent the sound of IPA symbol /x/, as distinct from /h/; but since these sounds have merged as /x/ in current Latvian pronunciation, <h> (= /x/) is now used in all cases.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /x/

Letter

Ch (upper case, lower case ch, all caps CH)

1. The twelfth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called cha and written in the Latin script; preceded by H and followed by I.

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, Ṕ ṕ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ

Navajo

Letter

Ch (upper case, lower case ch, all caps CH)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á, Ą ą, Ą́ ą́), B b, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e (É é, Ę ę, Ę́ ę́), G g, Gh gh, H h, Hw hw, X x, I i (Í í, Į į, Į́ į́), J j, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, ʼ, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n (Ń ń), O o (Ó ó, Ǫ ǫ, Ǫ́ ǫ́), S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tł tł, Tłʼ tłʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

Osage

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͜sʰ]

Letter

Ch (upper case, lower case ch, all caps CH, Osage equivalent 𐓌)

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /x/

Letter

Ch (upper case, lower case ch, all caps CH)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, Ä ä, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, Dz dz, Dž dž, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ĺ ĺ, Ľ ľ, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, Q q, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

Further reading

• “Ch”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Letter

Ch (upper case, lower case ch, all caps CH)

1. (historical) The fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called che and written in the Latin script; preceded by C and followed by D.

Usage notes

• Since 1994, this letter has been treated as if it were C followed by h for collation purposes only. In 2010, this letter was officially removed by the RAE from the Spanish alphabet.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [se˧˧ haːt̚˧˦], [t͡ɕəː˨˩], [t͡ɕəː˨˩ ɲɛ˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [sej˧˧ haːk̚˦˧˥], [t͡ɕəː˦˩], [t͡ɕəː˦˩ ɲɛ˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [sej˧˧ haːk̚˦˥], [cəː˨˩], [cəː˨˩ ɲɛ˨˩˨]
• Phonetic spelling: xê hát, chờ, chờ nhẹ

Letter

Ch (upper case, lower case ch, all caps CH)

1. (historical) The sixth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called xê hát, chờ or chờ nhẹ and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ɛχ/
  • (informal) IPA^(key): /χ(ː)/

Letter

Ch (upper case, lower case ch, all caps CH)

1. The fourth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èch and written in the Latin script; preceded by C and followed by D.

Usage notes

• Like the other Welsh digraphs, Ch is considered a distinct letter of the Welsh alphabet for all purposes, including collation. Thus, Chwilog is alphabetically sorted after Cydweli.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à,  â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)

Mutation

• Ch cannot be mutated in Welsh.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “Ch”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies