Che (Perso-Arabic)
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Che is an additional letter of the Persian alphabet, used to represent t͡ʃ, and which derives from () by the addition of two dots
. It is found with this value in other Arabic-derived scripts. It is used in Persian
and other Iranian languages
but not in Arabic
. However, it might be used in Arabic
texts to represent other phonemes when writing words with sounds not in Arabic letters.
, where official announcements are often trilingual, the letter is used on roadsigns to represent ɡ, when transcribing Hebrew or foreign names of places. In Egypt, the letter represents ʒ which can be a reduction
of d͡ʒ. It can be used to transcribe t͡ʃ of Persian Gulf
Gulf Arabic
and Iraqi Arabic
, where they have that sound natively. In these countries and the rest of other geographic regions, the combination of is more likely used to transliterate the t͡ʃ sound which is often realized as two consonants (t+ʃ) elsewhere.
Dot (diacritic)
When used as a diacritic mark, the term dot is usually reserved for the Interpunct , or to the glyphs 'combining dot above' and 'combining dot below'...
. It is found with this value in other Arabic-derived scripts. It is used in Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
and other Iranian languages
Iranian languages
The Iranian languages form a subfamily of the Indo-Iranian languages which in turn is a subgroup of Indo-European language family. They have been and are spoken by Iranian peoples....
but not in Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
. However, it might be used in Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
texts to represent other phonemes when writing words with sounds not in Arabic letters.
Other uses
In IsraelIsrael
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, where official announcements are often trilingual, the letter is used on roadsigns to represent ɡ, when transcribing Hebrew or foreign names of places. In Egypt, the letter represents ʒ which can be a reduction
Cluster reduction
In phonology and historical linguistics, cluster reduction is the simplification of consonant clusters in certain environments or over time.In some dialects of English such as AAVE certain historical consonant clusters reduce to single consonants at the ends of words: friend rhymes with Ben, and...
of d͡ʒ. It can be used to transcribe t͡ʃ of Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers...
Gulf Arabic
Gulf Arabic
Gulf Arabic is a variety of the Arabic language spoken around the shore of the Persian Gulf such as in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman...
and Iraqi Arabic
Iraqi Arabic
Iraqi Arabic is a continuum of mutually intelligible Arabic varieties native to the Mesopotamian basin of Iraq as well as spanning into eastern and northern Syria, western Iran, southeastern Turkey, and spoken in respective Iraqi diaspora communities.-Varieties:Iraqi Arabic has two major varieties...
, where they have that sound natively. In these countries and the rest of other geographic regions, the combination of is more likely used to transliterate the t͡ʃ sound which is often realized as two consonants (t+ʃ) elsewhere.
See also
- ڤ - Ve (Arabic)Ve (Arabic)Ve is an additional letter of the Arabic letters, derived from with two additional dots, representing the sound . It is sometimes used in Arabic to write names and loanwords, such as and viyenna...
- پ - Pe (Persian)Pe (Persian)Pe is a letter in the Perso-Arabic alphabet used for .It is used in Persian and Kurdish and other Iranian languages, Urdu, Sindhi and Turkic languages but not in Arabic, where it is usually substituted by the letter bāʼ...
- گ - Gāf (Persian)GafGaf or Gāf may be the name of four different Perso-Arabic letters, all representing . They are all forms of the letter kāf, with additional diacritics, such as dots and lines. There are three forms, each used in different places:* in Persian & Urdu...
- ژ - Zhe /ʒ/ (Arabic)ŽeŽe is a letter in the Perso-Arabic alphabet, based on with two additional diacritic dots. It is used in Persian, Kurdish, other Iranian languages and Urdu but not in Arabic. It is used to represent the sound ....