In the
Latin script
The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern Italy ...
,
pentagraphs are found primarily in
Irish orthography. There is one archaic pentagraph in
German orthography, which is found in the English word ''
Nietzschean''.
Irish
''Used between a
velarized ("broad") and a
palatalized ("slender") consonant:''
To write the sound (in
Donegal Donegal may refer to:
County Donegal, Ireland
* County Donegal, a county in the Republic of Ireland, part of the province of Ulster
* Donegal (town), a town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland
* Donegal Bay, an inlet in the northwest of Ireland b ...
, ):
:, , , , and
To write the sound (in
Donegal Donegal may refer to:
County Donegal, Ireland
* County Donegal, a county in the Republic of Ireland, part of the province of Ulster
* Donegal (town), a town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland
* Donegal Bay, an inlet in the northwest of Ireland b ...
, ):
:,
To write the sound :
: and
To write the sound :
:
''Used between a slender and a broad consonant:''
To write the sound (in
Donegal Donegal may refer to:
County Donegal, Ireland
* County Donegal, a county in the Republic of Ireland, part of the province of Ulster
* Donegal (town), a town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland
* Donegal Bay, an inlet in the northwest of Ireland b ...
, ):
: and
To write the sound (in
Donegal Donegal may refer to:
County Donegal, Ireland
* County Donegal, a county in the Republic of Ireland, part of the province of Ulster
* Donegal (town), a town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland
* Donegal Bay, an inlet in the northwest of Ireland b ...
, ):
:
''Used between two slender consonants:''
:To write the sound : and
Dutch
is used as the transcription of the Cyrillic letter Щ, representing the consonant in
Russian, for example in the name
''Chroesjtsjov''.
English
is used in the
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
names ''
Gaughan
The surname Gaughan is derived from the Old Gaelic name Ua Gáibhtheacháin, which dates to before the 10th century. Its meaning is "male descendant of a fierce warrior". However, other translations claim it means "anxious one", demonstrating th ...
'' and ''
Vaughan'' to represent the sound /ɔː/.
French
is used as the transcription of the Cyrillic letter Щ, representing the consonant in
Russian, for example in the name
''Khrouchtchev''.
German
was once used in German to write the sound . It has largely been replaced by the
tetragraph , but is still found in
proper names such as
Tzschirner,
Nietzsche, and
Delitzsch
Delitzsch (; Slavic: ''delč'' or ''delcz'' for hill) is a town in Saxony in Germany, 20 km north of Leipzig and 30 km east of Halle (Saale). With 24,850 inhabitants at the end of 2015, it is the largest town in the district of Nordsach ...
.
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