C̈, c̈ in lower case, also called C with
diaeresis, is a letter in the
Chechen language
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. It represents the
voiceless postalveolar affricate /t͡ʃ/, like the English pronunciation of ''ch'' in the word ''
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''.
The original letter representing the voiceless postalveolar affricate consonant in
Chechen was ç, but was changed to c̈ just as
ÅŸ was changed to
s̈.
It is also used in the digraph c̈h in the
Yanesha' language; c̈h represents /t͡ʂ/, and ch (without the diaeresis) represents /t͡ʃ/.
Latin letters with diacritics
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