Tshe
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Tshe (or Template:Not a typo) (Ћ ћ; italics: Ћ ћ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, used only in the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, where it represents the voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate {{#invoke:IPA|main}}, somewhat like the pronunciation of Template:Angle bracket in "chew"; however, it must not be confused with the voiceless retroflex affricate Che (Ч ч), which represents {{#invoke:IPA|main}} and which also exists in Serbian Cyrillic script. The sound of Tshe is produced from the voiceless alveolar plosive {{#invoke:IPA|main}} by iotation. Tshe is the 23rd letter in the Serbian alphabet. It was first used by Dositej Obradović as a revival of the old Cyrillic letter Djerv (Ꙉ), and was later adopted in the 1818 Serbian dictionary of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić.<ref name="Maretić">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The equivalent character to Tshe in Gaj's Latin alphabet is Ć.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Despite being a Cyrillic letter, Tshe was also used in Latin-based Slovincian phonetic transcriptions with the same value as in Serbian.Template:Citation needed
Being part of the most common Serbian last names, the transliteration of Tshe to the Latin alphabet is very important; however, there are many ways to transliterate it. It is typically transliterated as Template:Angle bracket, as per the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet or, without the diacritic, as Template:Angle bracket; less frequent transliterations are Template:Angle bracket, Template:Angle bracket, Template:Angle bracket, Template:Angle bracket, Template:Angle bracket, Template:Angle bracket (also used for Che), and Template:Angle bracket, Template:Angle bracket (the last one in Hungarian only, but Template:Angle bracket and Template:Angle bracket are more common). It looks similar to the Shha (Һ һ) but stroked.
As it is one of the letters unique to the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, and also the first letter of the Serbian word for Cyrillic ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), Tshe is often used as the basis for logos for various groups involved with the Cyrillic alphabet.Template:Citation needed
Other usesEdit
The capital Tshe has seen uses in the English language as a symbol for the definite article The—similarly to the Ampersand & At sign—due to it appearing as a ligature of the Latin script letters uppercase T & lowercase H—which are the first 2 letters of the English word The. However, unlike common symbols such as the ampersand & at sign, the use of the capital Tshe as a symbol in English is not widely known or recognized.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Related letters and other similar charactersEdit
- Т т : Cyrillic letter Te
- Ч ч : Cyrillic letter Che
- Ђ ђ : Cyrillic letter Dje
- Һ һ : Cyrillic letter Shha
- Ќ ќ : Cyrillic letter Kje
- Ć ć : Latin letter C with acute
- Ħ ħ : Latin letter H with stroke