
Ć in upper and lowercase
'Ć' is the fifth letter of the
Bosnian,
Croatian and
Polish alphabets, with the same position in the
Serbian and
Macedonian versions of Latinic. It is formed by addition of an
acute accent to the standard
C letter used in most alphabets based on
Latin script. It is also used in other alphabets: based on the Polish language, including the Belarusian
Łacinka. Like its
Latin counterpart, the
Cyrillic alphabet has a specific symbol:
Ћ, although this sign is only used in
Serbian Cyrillic, Macedonian uses
Ќ. Other languages which use the Cyrillic alphabet usually represent this sound by a combination of letters often including a soft sign (ie. Russian ''Tь'' or ''Kь'')
Its phonetic value is and it is used to represent the
voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate consonant.
See also
★
Acute accent