Che (Persian letter)

Che (Persian letter)
Persian alphabet
ﺍ    ﺏ    پ    ﺕ    ﺙ     ﺝ    چ
ﺡ    ﺥ    ﺩ    ﺫ    ﺭ    ﺯ    ژ
ﺱ    ﺵ     ﺹ    ﺽ    ﻁ    ﻅ
ﻉ    ﻍ    ﻑ    ﻕ    ک    گ
ﻝ    ﻡ    ﻥ    ﻭ    ه    ی
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Numerals · Numeration
Arabic alphabet
ا    ب    ت    ث    ج    ح
خ    د    ذ    ر    ز    س
ش    ص    ض    ط    ظ    ع
غ    ف    ق    ك    ل
م    ن    ه    و    ي
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Position in word: Isolated Final Medial Initial
Form of letter: چ‎ ـچ‎ ـچـ‎ چـ‎

Che (چ) is an additional letter of the Persian alphabet, used to represent [t͡ʃ], and which derives from ǧīm (ج) by the addition of two dots. It is found with this value in other Arabic-derived scripts. It is used in Persian and other Iranian languages but not in Arabic. However, it might be used in Arabic texts to represent other phonemes when writing words with sounds not in Arabic letters.

Other uses

The initial form of the Arabic Che used as [ɡ] in an Israeli roadsign on the road to Giv'at Shmuel.

In Israel, where official announcements are often trilingual, the letter is used on roadsigns to represent [ɡ], when transcribing Hebrew or foreign names of places. In Egypt, the letter represents [ʒ] which can be a reduction of /d͡ʒ/. It can be used to transcribe [t͡ʃ] of Persian Gulf Gulf Arabic and Iraqi Arabic, where they have that sound natively. In these countries and the rest of other geographic regions, the combination of tāʾ-šīn (تش) is more likely used to transliterate the /t͡ʃ/ sound which is often realized as two consonants ([t]+[ʃ]) elsewhere.

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