Tch (trigraph)

Tch (trigraph)

Tch is a trigraph used to write the click IPA|/ǂʰ/ in Naro, the affricate IPA|/tʃʰ/ in Sandawe, and the affricate IPA|/tʃ/ in French. In English it is a variant of the digraph "ch," used in situations similar to those that trigger the digraph "ck" for "c."


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