- Sci (trigraph)
Sci is a trigraph used in Italian to write the sound IPA|/ʃː/ before the non-front vowel letters "a, o, u."
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Trigraph (orthography) — A trigraph (from the Greek: τρεῖς, treîs, three and γράφω, gráphō, write ) is a group of three letters used to represent a single sound or a combination of sounds that does not correspond to the written letters combined. For example, in the word… … Wikipedia
Hard and soft C — A hard c vs. a soft c is a feature that occurs in many languages, including English, in which two distinct major sounds (phonemes) are represented by the Latin letter c . A hard c is pronounced as the voiceless plosive IPA| [k] (like in car );… … Wikipedia
List of shibboleths — Below are listed various examples of shibboleths. Note that many apocryphal shibboleths exist, and that since, by definition, shibboleths rely on stereotypical pronunciation traits, they may not accurately describe the speech of all members of… … Wikipedia
