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ç U+00E7, ç
LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
Composition:c [U+0063] + ◌̧ [U+0327]
æ
[U+00E6]
Latin-1 Supplement è
[U+00E8]

Translingual

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Etymology

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Evolution of Visigothic to modern ⟨ç⟩.

From ⟨⟩, the Visigothic form of the letter z, which resembled a C with a subscript z.

Pronunciation

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  • (IPA symbol)::(file)

Symbol

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ç

  1. (IPA) a voiceless palatal fricative.
  2. (superscript ⟨ᶜ̧⟩, IPA) [ç]-fricated release of a plosive (e.g. [cᶜ̧] or [kᶜ̧]), sometimes implying an affricate (e.g. ⟨cᶜ̧⟩ for [c͡ç]); [ç]-coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [ç].

Usage notes

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A superscript ⟨ᶜ̧⟩ needs to be composed with a cedilla diacritic: U+1D9C ⟨ᶜ⟩ + U+0327 ⟨◌̧⟩.

Albanian

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ç (uppercase Ç)

  1. The fourth letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Azerbaijani

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ç lower case (upper case Ç)

  1. The fourth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, called çe and written in the Latin script.

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Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Southern) /s̻e au̯t͡s̺i/, [s̻e̞ au̯.t͡s̺i]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /s̻e hau̯t͡s̺i/, [s̻e̞ ɦau̯.t͡s̺i]

Letter

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ç (lower case, upper case Ç)

  1. The letter C with a cedilla, called ze hautsi.

Usage notes

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  • Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.
  • It is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of c.

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Catalan

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ç (lower case, upper case Ç)

  1. c cedilla (the ce trencada, the letter c with a cedilla, used to represent /s/ before a, o or u; it is not considered a separate letter)

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French

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Letter

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ç (lower case, upper case Ç)

  1. "c cédille", the letter c with a cedilla

Usage notes

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  • ⟨ç⟩ is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of ⟨c⟩. Accordingly it has the same value in alphabetical orders.
  • It is used when a ⟨c⟩ is pronounced /s/ before ⟨a⟩, ⟨o⟩ or ⟨u⟩. This happens mostly in derivatives and inflections. For example, français (French) derived from France, or commençons (we begin), inflected form of commencer. One of the fairly rare counterexamples would be façon (way, fashion).

Juǀ'hoan

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ç

  1. (dated) the voiceless palatal click consonant, and the base of multigraphs for the other palatal clicks; now replaced with ǂ.

Naro

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Alternative forms

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ç (upper case Ç)

  1. (dated) A letter of the Naro alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Portuguese

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Etymology

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C + Old Galician-Portuguese (Visigothic z).

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ç (lower case, upper case Ç)

  1. "c cedilha" (the letter c with a cedilla)

Usage notes

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Ç is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of C. It is used where a <c> pronounced /s/ occurs before <a>, <o> or <u> (due to etymology or inflection). Examples: (Inflection) merecer ("to deserve", infinitive), mereça (imperative). (Etymology) maça from Latin mattia, massa from Latin massa (both /ˈmasa/). Never occurs word-initially.

Rohingya

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ç (upper case Ç)

  1. The fourth letter of the Rohingya alphabet, called çii and written in the Latin script.

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Romani

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (after n) /t͡s/, (after all other letters) /s/

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ç (lower case, upper case Ç)

  1. (International Standard) Used to represent -ça.

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References

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  • Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “-ç-”, in ニューエクスプレス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 15

Spanish

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Letter

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ç (lower case, upper case Ç)

  1. (obsolete) c with cedilla

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  • Now replaced by the letter z.

Turkish

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Pronunciation

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  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /t͡ʃ/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /t͡ʃeː/

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ç (lower case, upper case Ç)

  1. The fourth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called çe and written in the Latin script.

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Turkmen

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ç (upper case Ç)

  1. The third letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called çe and written in the Latin script.

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