ċ

ċ (upper case Ċ)

1. The letter c with a ponc séimhithe (dot above), used primarily in Gaelic type; equivalent to the digraph ch in roman type.

(Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v

• (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
• (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ

The dot indicates the “softer” of two pronunciations, in this case the affricate /t͡ʃ/ instead of the plosive /k/ (the two possible realisations of c in Italian). Compare ġ and ż.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/
• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒ/ (per assimilation to a following voiced obstruent)

ċ (lower case, upper case Ċ)

1. The third letter of the Maltese alphabet, after b.

• In contemporary Maltese, the simple letter c is only used in names and not yet integrated borrowings (chiefly from English, as Italo-Romance words are automatically integrated).

• (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Ż ż, Z z

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

ċ (lower case, upper case Ċ)

1. A modified version of c sometimes used in modern texts, representing a /k/ that underwent palatalization.

• (more common) c̣ (c + ◌̣)

Letter a with dot above ◌̇ to signify a consonant between alveolar and post-alveolar pronunciation.

• (sound, unofficial): IPA^(key): [t͇͡s͇]

ċ

1. (Ramovš transcription) Phonetic transcription of dialectal sound [t͇͡s͇].

Although by the description, the corresponding IPA representation should be approximately [t͇͡s͇], no equivalent IPA representation is given in the source.

• c
• č
• ć

• Kenda-Jež, Karmen (February 27, 2017) Fonetična trankripcija [Phonetic transcription]‎ (in Slovene), Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša, retrieved March 19, 2022, pages 27–30