ċ (upper caseĊ)
- The letterc with aponc séimhithe (dot above), used primarily inGaelic type; equivalent to the digraphch in roman type.
- (Latin-script letters)litir;A a (Á á),B b (Bh bh,bhF bhf,bP bp),C c (Ch ch),D d (Dh dh,dT dt),E e (É é),F f (Fh fh),G g (gC gc,Gh gh),H h,I i (Í í),L l,M m (mB mb,Mh mh),N n (nD nd,nG ng),O o (Ó ó),P p (Ph ph),R r,S s (Sh sh),T t (Th th,tS ts),U u (Ú ú),V v
- (diacritics)◌́◌̇
- (dotted letters used chiefly inGaelic type)Ḃḃ,Ċċ,Ḋḋ,Ḟḟ,Ġġ,Ṁṁ,Ṗṗ,Ṡẛṡ,Ṫṫ
The dot indicates the “softer” of two pronunciations, in this case the affricate/t͡ʃ/ instead of the plosive/k/ (the two possible realisations ofc in Italian). Compareġ andż.
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃ/
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒ/(per assimilation to a following voiced obstruent)
ċ (lower case,upper caseĊ)
- The third letter of the Maltese alphabet, afterb.
- In contemporary Maltese, the simple letterc is only used in names and not yet integrated borrowings (chiefly from English, as Italo-Romance words are automatically integrated).
- (Latin-script letters)ittra;A a,B b,Ċ ċ,D d,E e,F f,Ġ ġ,G g,Għ għ,H h,Ħ ħ,I i,Ie ie,J j,K k,L l,M m,N n,O o,P p,Q q,R r,S s,T t,U u,V v,W w,X x,Ż ż,Z z
ċ (lower case,upper caseĊ)
- A modified version ofc sometimes used in modern texts, representing a/k/ that underwentpalatalization.
Lettera with dot above◌̇ to signify a consonant betweenalveolar andpost-alveolar pronunciation.
- (sound, unofficial):IPA(key): [t͇͡s͇]
ċ
- (Ramovš transcription)Phonetictranscription of dialectal sound [t͇͡s͇].
Although by the description, the corresponding IPA representation should be approximately [t͇͡s͇], no equivalent IPA representation is given in the source.
- Kenda-Jež, Karmen (27 February 2017),Fonetična trankripcija [Phonetic transcription][1] (in Slovene), Znanstvenoraziskovalni centerSAZU, Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša, archived fromthe original on22 January 2022, pages27–30
