Ts (digraph)

Ts (digraph)

Ts is a digraph of the Latin alphabet, a combination of T and S.

European languages

English

Ts occurs in English, but it is just a combination of the separate letters T and S, not a digraph. It occurs word-initially only in some loanwords, where it represents IPA|/ts/ as in "tsunami", or "tsar".

Basque

In Basque, ts represents an apical voiceless alveolar affricate (IPA: IPA|/t̺s̺/). It contrasts with tz, which is laminal (IPA: IPA|/t̻s̻/). It is not considered a letter.

African languages

Hausa

In Hausa, ts represents an alveolar ejective fricative (IPA: IPA|/sʼ/) or affricate (IPA: IPA|/tsʼ/), according to dialect. It is considered a distinct letter, and placed between T and U in alphabetical order.

Asian languages

Chinese

The Wade-Giles and Yale romanizations of Chinese use ts to represent an unaspirated voiceless alveolar affricate (IPA: IPA|/ts/). Wade-Giles also uses ts' to represent its aspirated equivalent (IPA: IPA|/tsʰ/). These are equivalent to Pinyin z and c, respectively.

Japanese

The Hepburn romanization of Japanese uses ts to represent a voiceless alveolar affricate (IPA: IPA| [ts] ). In native Japanese words this sound only occurs before the vowel "u", but it may occur before other vowels in loanwords. Other romanization systems write IPA| [tsu] as "tu".

Tagalog

Ts in Tagalog is used to represent IPA| [tʃ] .


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