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Encyclopedia > Ch (digraph)

Ch is a digraph in the Roman alphabet. It is treated as a letter of its own in the Chamorro, Czech, Slovak, Quechua, Welsh, Breton and Belarusian Lacinka alphabets. It is a letter in the Spanish alphabet since 1803. In Vietnamese, it also used to be considered a letter for collation purposes but this is no longer common. Note: This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. ... ... Chamorrois the native language of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam. ... Quechua (Standard Quechua, Runasimi Language of People) is an Native American language of South America. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... Breton (Breton: Brezhoneg) is a Celtic language spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany (Breizh) and Loire-Atlantique (historically part of Brittany) in France. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... A Specimen of typeset fonts and languages, by William Caslon, letter founder; from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... Note: This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. ...

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Aspirated voiceless velar stop

The Romans used "ch" to transliterate the sound of the Greek letter chi in words borrowed from that language. In classical times, this was pronounced as an aspirated voiceless velar stop. In post-classical times this sound developed into a fricative (see below). Chi (upper case Χ, lower case χ) is the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet. ... In phonetics, aspiration is the strong burst of air that accompanies the release of some stop consonants. ... The voiceless velar plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...


Voiceless postalveolar fricative

In Portuguese, French, Breton and English words of French origin, "ch" represents the voiceless postalveolar fricative [ʃ]. Breton (Breton: Brezhoneg) is a Celtic language spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany (Breizh) and Loire-Atlantique (historically part of Brittany) in France. ... The voiceless palato-alveolar fricative or domed postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...


Voiceless postalveolar affricate

In English or Spanish as well as others, "ch" represents the voiceless postalveolar affricate [t͡ʃ]. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The voiceless palato-alveolar fricative or domed postalveolar affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...


Voiceless velar plosive

In Italian, "ch" represents the sound [k] before -i and -e. It also happens in English, regardless of position, in words coming from Greek, mainly from chi. Chi has several meanings and pronunciations. ...


Voiceless velar fricative

In several Gaelic languages, several Germanic languages, many Slavic languages (including Czech), Welsh and others, "ch" represents the voiceless velar fricative [x]. Additionally, "ch" is frequently used in transliterating into many European languages from Greek, Hebrew, Yiddish, Arabic, and many others. Goidelic is one of two major divisions of modern-day Celtic languages (the other being Brythonic). ... Proto-Indo-European Indo-European studies The Germanic languages form one of the branches of the Indo-European (IE) language family, spoken by the Germanic peoples who settled in northern Europe along the borders of the Roman Empire. ... The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages) comprise the languages of the Slavic peoples. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... The voiceless velar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. ... Most of the many indigenous languages of Europe belong to the Indo-European language family. ... Hebrew (עִבְרִית or עברית, ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Jewish communities around the world. ... Yiddish (Yid. ... The Arabic language (Arabic: ‎ translit: ), or simply Arabic (Arabic: ‎ translit: ), is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ...


Breton and Manx have evolved modified forms of this digraph for representing [x], as opposed to [ʃ] or [tʃ]. In Breton, [x] is represented by "c'h", and in Manx by "çh". Breton (Breton: Brezhoneg) is a Celtic language spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany (Breizh) and Loire-Atlantique (historically part of Brittany) in France. ...


Voiceless palatal fricative

In German, "ch" represents two allophones: the voiceless velar fricative [x] when following back vowels or [a] (the so-called "Ach-laut") and the voiceless palatal fricative [ç] when in initial position or following front vowels (the so-called "Ich-Laut"). In phonetics, an allophone is one of several similar phones that belong to the same phoneme. ... A back vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. ... The voiceless palatal fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ... Vowels Near-close Close-mid Mid Open-mid Near-open Open Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a rounded vowel. ...


Voiceless palatal plosive

In Vietnamese, "ch" represents the voiceless palatal plosive [c]. The voiceless palatal plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. ...


Ch in Czech

Structure

The letter ch is a digraph consisting of the sequence of Latin alphabet graphemes C and H, however it is a single phoneme (pronounced as a voiceless velar fricative; IPA /x/) and represents a single entity in Czech collation order, inserted between H and I. In capitalized form, Ch is used at the beginning of a sentence (Chechtal se. He giggled.), while CH or Ch can be used for standalone letter in lists etc. Note: This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language. ... A Specimen of typeset fonts and languages, by William Caslon, letter founder; from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... A grapheme designates the atomic unit in written language. ... C in Copyright mark The letter C is the third letter in the Latin alphabet. ... H is also a multi a-side single by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki. ... In human language, a phoneme is a set of phones (speech sounds or sign elements) that are cognitively equivalent. ... The voiceless velar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. ... IPA may refer to: The International Phonetic Alphabet or India Pale Ale ... In textual criticism and bibliography, collation is the reading of two (or more) texts side-by-side in order to note their differences. ... H is also a multi a-side single by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki. ... The lowercase i redirects here. ... In linguistics, a sentence is a unit of language, characterised in most languages by the presence of a finite verb. ...


Usage

The letter Ch is equal to other letters of the Czech alphabet. It comes between H and I. Thus, the word "chemie" (English: chemistry) comes after "fyzika" (English: physics) in an alphabetical list. Names beginning with Ch are listed in the same way in a phonebook. In a crossword it takes only one square. The Czech alphabet consists of 42 letters (or more precisely - graphemes): A, Á, B, C, Č, D, Ď, E, É, Ě, F, G, H, Ch, I, Í, J, K, L, M, N, Ň, O, Ó, P, Q, R, Ř, S, Š, T, Ť, U, Ú, Ů, V, W, X, Y, Ý, Z, Ž Most of the diacritic letters were added to the alphabet through reforms... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...


History

In the 15th century, the Czech language used to contain many digraphs like modern Polish does, but most of them were replaced by single letters with diacritic marks by the reform of John Huss, so the Ch digraph is the last one left in the modern Czech. (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... Czech (čeÅ¡tina []) is one of the West Slavic languages, along with Slovak, Polish, Pomeranian (Kashubian), and Lusatian Sorbian. ... Note: This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. ... A diacritic mark or accent mark is an additional mark added to a basic letter. ... Jan Hus (1369 Husinec, Southern Bohemia – July 6, 1415 Constance) was a religious thinker and reformer. ... CH can mean: The ch sound in English, called the Voiceless postalveolar affricate Ch (digraph), considered a single letter in several Latin-alphabet languages CH (television system) four CanWest Global TV stations in Canada Ch interpreter, an interpreted superset of the C programming language Bermidji Airlines (airline code Ch) Cluster...


Alternate representations

In the Czech extension to international Morse code, the letter Ch is '- - - -' 1922 Chart of the Morse Code Letters and Numerals Morse code is a method for transmitting information, using standardized sequences of short and long marks or pulses — commonly known as dots and dashes — for the letters, numerals, punctuation and special characters of a message. ...


In the Czech extension to Braille the letter Ch is represented as the dot pattern . PREMIER - first The information about the historic site of Safdarjung’s tomb in Delhi, India. ...


In computing, Ch is represented as a sequence of C and H, not as a single character; only the historical KOI-8 ČS2 encoding contained Ch as a single character. Originally, the word computing was synonymous with counting and calculating, and a science that deals with the original sense of computing mathematical calculations. ... CH can mean: The ch sound in English, called the Voiceless postalveolar affricate Ch (digraph), considered a single letter in several Latin-alphabet languages CH (television system) four CanWest Global TV stations in Canada Ch interpreter, an interpreted superset of the C programming language Bermidji Airlines (airline code Ch) Cluster... Look up list in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... C in Copyright mark The letter C is the third letter in the Latin alphabet. ... H is also a multi a-side single by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki. ... CH can mean: The ch sound in English, called the Voiceless postalveolar affricate Ch (digraph), considered a single letter in several Latin-alphabet languages CH (television system) four CanWest Global TV stations in Canada Ch interpreter, an interpreted superset of the C programming language Bermidji Airlines (airline code Ch) Cluster...


Ch in pop culture

All principal character created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños for his TV shows have names starting with Ch, including Chompiras, Dr. Chapatin, and perhaps most famously El Chapulín Colorado, a superhero whose costume has a "CH" inscribed by a heart (analogous to the way Superman's costume has an S inscribed on a diamond). Bolaños' artistic name was Chespirito, also with a Ch (Chespir would be a Spanish sub-standard pronounciation of Shakespeare; suffix -ito means "little"). Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Chespirito Roberto Gómez Bolaños (born February 21, 1929), best known by his professional name of Chespirito, is a Mexican writer, actor, comedian, and songwriter. ... The El Chapulín Colorado DVD cover El Chapulín Colorado was a television series created by Chespirito that parodied superhero shows. ... Superman is a fictional character regarded as one of the most famous and popular comic book superheroes of all time, and one of the first to embody several of the aspects modernly associated with them. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...


See also


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Digraph (orthography) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (890 words)
A digraph or bigraph is a pair of letters used to write one sound or a combination of sounds that does not correspond to the written letters combined.
Sometimes, when digraphs do not represent a new phoneme, they are a relic from an earlier period in the language's history when they did (or remain phonemic only in certain dialects, e.g.
Some alphabetic schemes count digraphs and trigraphs as distinct letters in themselves, even though they are composed of more than one letter, for example the Hungarian alphabet.
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