Che with descender
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| Che with descender | |
|---|---|
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Cyrillic |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Sound values | /t͡ʃʼ/, /d͡ʒ/ |
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Che with descender (Ҷ ҷ; italics: Ҷ ҷ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.[1] Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter Che (Ч ч Ч ч). In the ISO 9 system of romanization, Che with descender is transliterated using the Latin letter C-cedilla (Ç ç).[2]
Che with descender is used in the alphabets of the following languages:
| Language | Pronunciation | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| Abkhaz | /t͡ʃʼ/ postalveolar ejective affricate [3] | |
| Shughni [4] : 18 | /d͡ʒ/ voiced postalveolar affricate [5] : 778 | j (Latin equivalent) |
| Tajik | /d͡ʒ/ voiced postalveolar affricate [6] : 5 | ç, j |
| Wakhi | /d͡ʒ/ voiced postalveolar affricate [citation needed ] | ǰ (Latin equivalent) |
Che with descender corresponds in other Cyrillic alphabets to the digraphs ⟨дж⟩ or ⟨чж⟩, or to the letters Che with vertical stroke (Ҹ ҹ), Dzhe (Џ џ), Khakassian Che (Ӌ ӌ), Zhe with breve (Ӂ ӂ), Zhe with diaeresis (Ӝ ӝ), or Zhje (Җ җ).[citation needed ]
In the Surgut dialect of the Khanty language and in the Tofa language, che with descender is sometimes used in place of che with hook, which has not yet been encoded in Unicode.
Computing codes
[edit ]| Preview | Ҷ | ҷ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER CHE WITH DESCENDER |
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER CHE WITH DESCENDER | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1206 | U+04B6 | 1207 | U+04B7 |
| UTF-8 | 210 182 | D2 B6 | 210 183 | D2 B7 |
| Numeric character reference | Ҷ |
Ҷ |
ҷ |
ҷ |
See also
[edit ]- Ç ç : Latin letter C with cedilla - an Albanian, Azerbaijani, Gagauz, Kurdish, Turkish, and Turkmen letter
- Cyrillic characters in Unicode
References
[edit ]- ^ "Cyrillic: Range: 0400–04FF" (PDF). The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0. 2010. p. N. Retrieved 2011年05月19日.
- ^ ISO 9:1995 Information and documentation - Transliteration of Cyrillic characters into Latin characters - Slavic and non-Slavic languages. International Standards Organization. p. 8.
- ^ Hewitt, George (2010). Abkhaz: A Comprehensive Self-Tutor. Lincom Europa. pp. 18–20.
- ^ Kalandarov, Tohir (2020). "The Pamirian languages: between past and future (the case of the Shughni language)" (PDF). University of Central Asia Cultural Heritage and Humanities Unit (5). Retrieved 15 October 2025.
- ^ Edelman, D. (Joy) I.; Dodykhudoeva, Leila R. (2009). "14A: The Pamir Languages". In Windfuhr, Gernot (ed.). The Iranian languages. Routledge. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
- ^ Khojayori, Nasrullo; Thompson, Mikael (2009). Tajiki Reference Grammar for Beginners. Georgetown University Press.
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