thumb|Majuscule and minuscule ċ glyphs in [[Doulos SIL]]

Ċ (minuscule: ċ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from C with the addition of a dot.

Usage

Chechen

Ċ is present in the Chechen Latin alphabet, created in the 1990s. The Cyrillic equivalent is ЦӀ, which represents the sound .

Irish

Ċ was formerly used in Irish to represent the lenited form of C. The digraph ch, which is older than ċ in this function in Irish, is now used.

Maltese

Ċ is the third letter of the Maltese alphabet, preceded by B and followed by D. It represents the voiceless postalveolar affricate .

Old English

Ċ is sometimes used in modern scholarly transcripts of Old English to represent , to distinguish it from c pronounced as , which is otherwise spelled identically. Its voiced equivalent is Ġ.

Computer encoding

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