Char (Cyrillic)

Not to be confused with Ch'ari or Dotted I (Cyrillic).

Char
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Phonetic usage	[tʃʼ]
History
Development	Georgian (Mkhedruli) letter Ch'ari (ჭ) Char (Cyrillic)
Other

Char ( ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script which was used in many of Peter von Uslar’s alphabets. It was inspired by the Georgian Mkhedruli letter Ch'ari (ჭ). It is romanized as Ĉh for Dargwa and Lezgian, the languages in which it was formerly used in.

Usage

Char was used in the following languages:

• Lezgian
• Dargwa

Phonetically, this letter would fill a gap in most standard Cyrillic alphabets, as the /t͡ʃʼ/ sound is not common in the Slavic languages that primarily use it. Its main purpose within Cyrillic would likely be for the accurate and direct transliteration of Georgian text, providing a one-to-one mapping for this specific ejective consonant. It could also find use in linguistic transcriptions of languages that do possess this sound and utilize a Cyrillic-based orthography. While its widespread adoption across existing Cyrillic alphabets is unlikely due to the rarity of the sound, its inclusion in Unicode would be valuable for linguistic precision and for those working with Georgian and other Caucasian languages that feature ejective consonants.

Gallery

• 
  1911 Lezgi alphabet, with char.
• 
  1892 Dargwa alphabet, with char.

References

The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
А А́ А̀ А̂ А̄ Ӓ Б В Г Ґ Д Ђ Ѓ Е Е́ Ѐ Е̂ Е̄ Ё Є Є́ Ж З З́ Ѕ И І І́ Ї И́ Ѝ И̂ Ӣ Й Ј К Л Љ М Н Њ О О́ О̀ О̂ Ō Ӧ П Р С С́ Т Ћ Ќ У У́ У̀ У̂ Ӯ Ў Ӱ Ф Х Ц Ч Џ Ш Щ Ъ Ъ̀ Ы Ы́ Ь Ѣ Э Э́ Ю Ю́ Ю̀ Я Я́ Я̀
Non-Slavic letters
Ӑ А̊ А̃ Ӓ̄ А̨ Ӕ Ә Ә́ Ә̀ Ә̃ Ӛ Ә̄ В̌ Ғ Г̑ Г̣ Г̌ Г̂ Г̆ Г̈ Ҕ Ӻ Ғ̌ Ӷ Д́ Д̀ Д̌ Д̈ Д̣ Д̆ Ӗ Е̃ Ё̄ Є̈ Ӂ Җ Ӝ Ж̣ Ҙ Ӟ З̌ З̣ З̆ Ԑ Ԑ́ Ԑ̈ Ӡ И̃ Ҋ Ӥ І̄́ І̨ Ј̵ Қ К̈ Ӄ Ҡ Ҟ Ҝ К̣ Ԛ Л́ Л̀ Ӆ Ԯ Ԓ Л̈ Ӎ Н́ Н̀ Н̃ Н̄ Ӊ Ң Ԩ Ӈ Ҥ О̆ О̃ Ӧ̄ Ө Ө̄ Ө́ Ө̆ Ӫ Ҩ Ԥ П̈ Р́ Р̌ Ҏ С̀ С̌ Ҫ С̣ Т́ Т̈ Т̌ Т̣ Ҭ Т‍Ь У̃ Ӳ У̊ Ӱ̄ Ү Ү́ Ү̈ Ұ Х̣ Х̱ Х̮ Х̑ Х̌ Ҳ Ӽ Ӿ Һ Һ̈ Һ̌ Ԧ Ц́ Ц̌ Ц̈ Ҵ Ч̀ Ҷ Ҷ̣ Ӵ Ӌ Ҹ Ч̇ Ч̣ Ҽ Ҿ Ш̆ Ш̈ Ш̣ Ы̆ Ы̄ Ӹ Ҍ Э̆ Э̄ Э̇ Ӭ Ӭ́ Ӭ̄ Ю̆ Ю̈ Ю̈́ Ю̄ Я̆ Я̄ Я̈ Я̈́ Ԝ Ӏ
Archaic letters
Ꙁ Ꙃ Ꙅ Ꙇ Ꙉ Ҁ Ѻ Ѹ Ꙋ Ѡ Ѽ Ꙍ Ѿ Ꙏ Ꙑ Ѣ́ Ѣ̈ Ѣ̆ Ꙓ Ꙕ Ꙗ Ѥ Ѧ Ꙙ Ѫ Ꙛ Ѩ Ꙝ Ѭ Ѯ Ѱ Ѳ Ѵ Ѷ Ԙ Ꙟ Ꙡ Ꙣ Ꙥ Ꙧ Ꙩ Ꙫ Ꙭ ꙮ Ꚙ Ꚛ Ԁ Ԕ Ԗ Ԡ Ԣ Ҧ Ꚋ Ꚁ Ꚅ Ꚍ Ꚕ Ꚏ Ꚗ Ꚃ Ԃ Ԅ Ԉ Ԋ Ԍ Ԏ Ԇ Ꚑ Ꚉ Ꚇ Ꚓ Ԟ Ԫ Ԭ Б̣ Г̧ Г̄ К̂ К̅ З̀ Т̀
List of Cyrillic letters Cyrillic digraphs

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