Esh (letter)

Esh ( majuscule: Σ, minuscule: ʃ; Unicode U 01 A9, U 0283 ) is a character that is used in conjunction with the Latin alphabet. It was introduced by Isaac Pitman in his Phonotypic alphabet from 1847 to represent the voiceless postalveolar fricative ( English sh), and is used today in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the alphabets of some African languages.

The Latin small letter Esh ( ʃ ) is similar to an italic long S ( s ) or an integral sign (∫ ), the Latin capital letter Esh ( Σ ) is based on the Greek letter sigma ( Σ ).

Display on the computer

  • As a phonetic characters using the TIPA fonts with the command \ textesh (only lowercase).
  • For African languages ​​using the fc fonts. The associated commands are \ m S for the large and \ ms for the small Esch. The large ash in the fc fonts is as common in Africa, integrally shaped.
Voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant Languages of Africa Italic type Integral symbol Greek alphabet TIPA (software) Ezh (letter)
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