Esh (letter)
| Esh | |
|---|---|
| Ʃ ʃ | |
| (See below) | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | Alphabetic and logographic |
| Language of origin | Latin language, Serer language |
| Sound values | [ʃ], [ʄ] /ˈɛʃ/ |
| In Unicode | U+01A9, U+0283 |
| History | |
| Development | |
| Time period | 1847 to present |
| Descendants | None |
| Sisters |
Disputed: |
| Variations | (See below) |
| Other | |
| Associated graphs | s(x), sh, š |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
Esh (majuscule: Ʃ, minuscule: ʃ) is a character used in phonology to represent the voiceless postalveolar fricative (English ⟨sh⟩, as in "ship").
In Unicode, these letters are encoded as U+01A9 Ʃ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER ESH and U+0283 ʃ LATIN SMALL LETTER ESH