Sh (digraph)
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Sh is a digraph of the Latin alphabet, a combination of S and H.
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[edit] European languages
[edit] English
In English, sh usually represents a voiceless postalveolar fricative (IPA: /ʃ/). The exception is compound words, where the s and h are not a digraph, but pronounced separately, e.g. hogshead is hogs-head /hɒgzhɛd/, not hog-shead /hɒgʃɛd/. It is not considered a distinct letter.
[edit] Albanian
In Albanian, sh represents a voiceless postalveolar fricative (IPA: /ʃ/). It is considered a distinct letter, named shë (/ʃə/), and placed between S and T in alphabetical order.
[edit] Irish
In Irish sh is pronounced [h] and represents the lenition of s; for example mo shaol [mə hiːɫ] "my life" (cf. saol [sˠiːɫ] "life").
[edit] Occitan
In Occitan, sh represents a voiceless postalveolar fricative (IPA: /ʃ/). It mostly occurs in the Gascon dialect of Occitan and corresponds with s or ss in other Occitan dialects: peish = peis "fish", naishença = naissença "birth", sheis = sièis "six". A i before sh is silent: peish, naishença are pronounced [ˈpeʃ, naˈʃensɔ]. Some words have sh in all Occitan dialects: they are Gascon words adopted in all the Occitan language (Aush "Auch", Arcaishon "Arcachon") or foreign borrowings (shampó "shampoo").
For s·h, see Interpunct#Occitan.
[edit] Asian languages
[edit] Chinese
In the Pinyin, Wade-Giles, and Yale romanizations of Chinese, sh represents a voiceless retroflex fricative (IPA: [ʂ]). It contrasts with a voiceless alveopalatal fricative (IPA: [ɕ]), which is written x in Pinyin, hs in Wade-Giles, and sy in Yale.
[edit] Japanese
In the Hepburn romanization of Japanese, sh represents a voiceless alveopalatal fricative (IPA: [ɕ]). Other romanizations write [ɕ] as s before i and sy before other vowels.
[edit] International auxiliary languages
[edit] Interlingua
In Interlingua, sh represents a voiceless postalveolar fricative (IPA: /ʃ/). Sh is rare in Interlingua, but it occurs in several English loanwords, such as shocking! and shampoo. Other loanwords include the Japanese shogun and the Arabic sheik.
[edit] Ido
In Ido, sh represents a voiceless postalveolar fricative (IPA: /ʃ/).
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Aa aa Ae ae Ai ai Au au Aw aw Ay ay Bh bh Ch ch Ck ck Cö cö Cs cs Cu cu Cz cz Dd dd Dh dh Dj dj Dx dx Dz dz Dž dž Dź dź Dż dż Ea ea Ee ee Ei ei Eu eu Ew ew Ey ey Ff ff Fh fh Gb gb Gh gh Għ għ Gi gi Gj gj Gn gn Gy gy Hs hs Hu hu Ie ie IJ ij Jö jö Kh kh Kp kp Ku ku Lh lh Lj lj Ll ll Ly ly Mb mb Mh mh Mp mp Nd nd Ng ng Nh nh Nj nj Nk nk Ns ns Nt nt Ny ny Nz nz Oa oa Oe oe Oi oi Oo oo Ou ou Ow ow Oy oy Ph ph Qu qu Rd rd Rh rh Rl rl Rn rn Rr rr Rt rt Rz rz Sh sh Sv sv Sy sy Sz sz Th th Tj tj Tr tr Ts ts Tx tx Ty ty Tz tz Ue ue Ui ui Vh vh Wh wh Xh xh Xö xö Yh yh Yk yk Zh zh Zs zs Zv zv |
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C'h c'h Dzs dzs Eau eau Ngb ngb Ngh ngh Ngk ngk Nkp nkp Nth nth Nyk nyk Rnd rnd Sch sch |
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