Ḉ Explained

Letter:	Ḉ ḉ
Script:	Latin script
Typedesc:	ic
Language:	Abkhaz language, Abaza language, Adyghe language, Ubykh language
Type:	alphabet
Equivalents:	ЧӀ, Ҷ ҷ, КӀ
Phonemes:	pronounced as /link/ or pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/
Fam1:	Z4
Fam6:	Ζ ζ
Fam8:	Z z
Fam9:	Ꝣ ꝣ
Fam10:	Ç ç

Ḉ (minuscule: ḉ) is a Latin script letter formed from C with added acute accent and cedilla.

Usage

It is used in the Estonian KNAB transliteration standard when representing Cyrillic letters of several Northwest Caucasian languages.^[1] In transliteration of Abaza, it represents the letter ЧӀ.^[2] In transliteration of Abkhaz, it represents the letter Ҷ.^[3] In transliteration of Adyghe, it represents the digraph КӀ.^[4]

Unicode

The unicode codepoints are for the upper-case letter, and for the lower-case one.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Languages of smaller Caucasian peoples.
2. Web site: Abaza . 2003-04-20 . Institute of the Estonian Language.
3. Web site: Abkhaz . 2003-03-08 . Institute of the Estonian Language.
4. Web site: Adyghian . 2003-06-09 . Institute of the Estonian Language.
5. Web site: The Unicode Standard : Latin Extended Additional. 16 March 2022.