List of Latin-script pentagraphs
In the Latin script, pentagraphs are found primarily in Irish orthography. There is one archaic pentagraph in German orthography, which is found in the English words Nietzschean and derivatives.
Irish
Used between a velarized and a palatalized consonant:,,, and are used to write
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Used between a slender and a broad consonant:
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Used between two slender consonants:
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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 names Gaughan 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.is pronounced as /k/ when the silent plural suffix -s is added to the tetragraph cque and in the proper name Jacques.