Č

The grapheme Č (Latin C with háček) is used in various contexts, usually denoting the voiceless postalveolar affricate consonant IPA| [tʃ] not unlike English "ch" in the word "chocolate".

Origin

The symbol originates with the 15th century Czech alphabet as introduced by the reforms of Jan Hus. From there, it was adopted into the Croatian alphabet by Ljudevit Gaj in 1830, and it also figures in the Slovak, Slovenian and Bosnian alphabets.

Uses

In Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Slovenian, Bosnian and Sorbian alphabets, as well as the Latin forms of Serbian and Macedonian, it is the fourth letter of the alphabet and represents voiceless postalveolar affricate consonant IPA| [tʃ] . It is equivalent to Ч in the Cyrillic alphabet and is sometimes used in Ukrainian transliteration and Russian transliterations.

It is the fifth letter of the Baltic languages Lithuanian and Lithuanian and also represents IPA| [tʃ] .

It is also used in phonetic transcription.

ee also

* Ć
* Cz (digraph)