, in lower case, also s with diaeresis, is a letter in the Latin alphabet for the Chechen language, where it represents the voiceless postalveolar fricative [ʃ]. It has the same sound as the š used in Slavic languages written with the Latin alphabet, the Turkish/Romanian ş and the common digraph "sh".

In the Chechen language, it was changed from the original ş into , at the same time that ç was changed into .[when?][citation needed]

Luke 5:1, Bible of Kralice, with Zacharyás̈ and Abiáſſowy, nowadays written Zacharyáš and Abiášovy in Czech.

In older Czech orthography was used in codas instead of ſſ for /ʃ/, modern orthography uses š for all instances.

In the Seneca language, represents /ʃ/.[1]

It is also used in the digraph s̈h in the Shipibo language; s̈h represents /ʂ/, and sh (without the diaeresis) represents /ʃ/.

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  1. ^ "Onödowága – Seneca". www.languagegeek.com. Retrieved 2024-01-30.