What languages use Ş?
S-cedilla (majuscule: Ş, minuscule: ş) is a letter used in some of the Turkic languages. It occurs the Azerbaijani, Gagauz, Turkish, and Turkmen alphabets. It is also planned to be in Kazakh and Uzbek alphabets.
Which alphabet does Romania use?
Latin alphabet
The Romanian alphabet is a version of the Latin alphabet and consists of 31 letters. Romanian also uses diacritics. The letters K,Q, W, and Y are rare in Romanian and occur only in foreign words and those adopted into Romanian. The letter K however does appear in proper names.
How is Ş pronounced?
Ş Or şe. Pronounced like the sh in shout.
How many types of letter S are there?
| S | |
|---|---|
| Descendants | • ſ • ß • Ƨ • Ꞅ • $ • ₷ • § • ℠ • ᛋ • ∫ |
| Sisters | Ꚃ Ѕ С Ш Щ Ҫ Ԍ ש ش ܫ س ࠔ 𐎘 𐡔 ሠ ㅅ (disputed) ㅆ (disputed) Ս ս श स શ સ |
| Variations | (See below) |
| Other |
How do you say P in Romanian?
Romanian is a language where words are rarely difficult to pronounce or to hear because the vast majority of Romanian words end in vowels. Proper pronunciation in the Romanian language is important for a number of reasons….Romanian Pronunciation.
| Letter | Pronunciation | As in the English word |
|---|---|---|
| e | eh | bet |
| i | ee | beet |
| o | oh | pole |
| u | oo | pool |
What is the meaning of Ş/ ş in Romanian?
The Romanian letter Ș/ș (S with comma) represents the voiceless postalveolar fricative /ʃ/ (as in ” sh ow”). On outdated systems which do not support the glyph, the symbol Ş/ ş (S with cedilla) is used. Example word: Timișoara.
Why is the Romanian letter ş not in the Unicode Standard?
In early versions of Unicode, the Romanian letter Ș (S-comma) was considered a glyph variant of Ş, and therefore was not present in the Unicode Standard. It is also not present in the Windows 1250 (Central Europe) code page. The letter was only added to the standard in Unicode 3.0, and some texts in Romanian still use Ş instead.
What is the difference between ş and S-comma?
Instead, Ş ( S – cedilla ), a character available since Unicode 1.1.0 (1993), was used for digital texts written in Romanian. In some contexts, like with low-resolution screens and printouts, the visual distinction between ș and ş is minimal. In 1999, at the request of the Romanian Standardization Association, S-comma was introduced in Unicode 3.0.
How many letters are there in the Romanian alphabet?
There are, however, five special letters in the Romanian alphabet (associated with four different sounds) which are formed by modifying other Latin letters; strictly speaking these letters function as basic glyphs in their own right rather than letters with diacritical marks, but they are often referred to as the latter.