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Ch
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Appendix:Variations of "ch"
Angami
Letter
njm
njm letter 18
See also
Central Mazahua
Pronunciation
maz /tʃ/
Letter
maz
maz letter
Chipewyan
Pronunciation
chp /t͜ʃʰ/
Letter
chp
chp letter
Czech
Pronunciation
letter name chá
phoneme
Letter
cs
cs letter 14 chá H I
cs 2006-11-02 Libor Kult S novým trenérem jsme nenašli společnou řeč Hokej.cz http://www.hokej.cz/s-novym-trenerem-jsme-nenasli-spolecnou-rec-rika-michal-jeslinek-o-konci-v-boleslavi/32136?do=hide 2015-11-24 Chtěl jsem do Chomutova. I wanted to go to Chomutov. https://web.archive.org/web/20251114025440/https://www.hokej.cz/s-novym-trenerem-jsme-nenasli-spolecnou-rec-rika-michal-jeslinek-o-konci-v-boleslavi/32136?do=hide 14 November 2025
Usage notes
The form Ch is usually used in the beginning of a proper name or of a sentence (e.g. in Chrudim).
Hadza
Pronunciation
hts /ᵏǀʰ/
Letter
hts
hts letter
Irish
Pronunciation
ga /x/, /ç/
Letter
ga
ga digraph
Khiamniungan Naga
Etymology
Pronunciation
kix /tʃʰə³³/
kix en-CH.ogg
Letter
kix
kix Patsho kix letter 2
See also
Pronunciation guide
Khoekhoe
Letter
naq ǀH
naq obsolete Tindall orthography naq letter
Latvian
Letter
lv
lv historical lv letter ; used in older, pre-World-War-II Latvian spelling, but now replaced everywhere by lv H (lower case lv h)
Usage notes
This letter can still be found in older books, or in books written by the Latvian diaspora prior to the fall of the Soviet Union. It used to represent the sound of IPA symbol /x/, as distinct from /h/; but since these sounds have merged as /x/ in current Latvian pronunciation, <h> (= /x/) is now used in all cases.
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
dsb /x/
Letter
dsb
dsb letter 12 cha H I
See also
Navajo
Letter
nv
nv letter
See also
Oromo
Pronunciation
cha
cha
om Om-ch.ogg
Letter
om
om letter 27
Osage
Pronunciation
osa [t͜sʰ]
Letter
osa Osge:𐓌
osa letter
Slovak
Pronunciation
phoneme sk /x/
Letter
sk
sk letter 16
See also
Further reading
Spanish
Letter
es
es historical es letter 4 che C D
Usage notes
Since 1994, this letter has been treated as if it were C followed by h for collation purposes only. In 2010, this letter was officially removed by the RAE from the Spanish alphabet.
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
xê hát chờ chờ nhẹ
Letter
vi
vi historical vi letter 6 xê hát chờ chờ nhẹ
See also
Welsh
Pronunciation
cy /ɛχ/ standard
cy /χ(ː)/ informal
Letter
cy
cy letter 4 èch C D
Usage notes
Like the other Welsh digraphs, cy Ch is considered a distinct letter of the Welsh alphabet for all purposes, including collation. Thus, cy Chwilog is alphabetically sorted after cy Cydweli.
See also
Mutation
cy Ch cannot be mutated in Welsh.
Further reading