- Sh (digraph)
Sh is a digraph of the
Latin alphabet , a combination ofS andH .European languages
English
In English, sh usually represents a
voiceless postalveolar fricative (IPA: IPA|/ʃ/). The exception iscompound word s, where the s and h are not a digraph, but pronounced separately, e.g. "hogshead" is "hogs-head" IPA|/hɒgzhɛd/, not "hog-shead" IPA|/hɒgʃɛd/. It is not considered a distinct letter.Albanian
In Albanian, sh represents a
voiceless postalveolar fricative (IPA: IPA|/ʃ/). It is considered a distinct letter, named shë (IPA|/ʃə/), and placed betweenS andT inalphabetical order .Irish
In Irish "sh" is pronounced IPA| [h] and represents the lenition of "s"; for example "mo shaol" IPA| [mə hiːɫ] "my life" (cf. "saol" IPA| [sˠiːɫ] "life").
Occitan
In Occitan, sh represents a
voiceless postalveolar fricative (IPA: IPA|/ʃ/). It mostly occurs in theGascon 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 IPA| [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 .Asian languages
Chinese
In the
Pinyin ,Wade-Giles , and Yale romanizations of Chinese, sh represents avoiceless retroflex fricative (IPA: IPA| [ʂ] ). It contrasts with avoiceless alveopalatal fricative (IPA: IPA| [ɕ] ), which is writtenx in Pinyin, hs in Wade-Giles, and sy in Yale.Japanese
In the
Hepburn romanization of Japanese, sh represents avoiceless alveopalatal fricative (IPA: IPA| [ɕ] ). Other romanizations write IPA| [ɕ] as "s" before "i" and "sy" before other vowels.International auxiliary languages
Interlingua
In
Interlingua , sh represents avoiceless postalveolar fricative (IPA: 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".Ido
In
Ido , sh represents avoiceless postalveolar fricative (IPA: IPA|/ʃ/).
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