Ts (digraph)
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Ts is a digraph of the Latin alphabet, a combination of T and S.
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European languages
English
Ts occurs in English, but it is just a combination of the separate letters T and S, not a digraph. It occurs word-initially only in some loanwords, where it is pronounced /s/ (as in tsunami), or sometimes /z/ (as in tsar).Basque
In Basque, ts represents a apical voiceless alveolar affricate (IPA: /t̺s̺/). It contrasts with tz, which is laminal (IPA: /t̻s̻/). It is not considered a letter.African languages
Hausa
In Hausa, ts represents an alveolar ejective fricative (IPA: /sʼ/) or affricate (IPA: /tsʼ/), according to dialect. It is considered a distinct letter, and placed between T and U in alphabetical order.Asian languages
Chinese
The Wade-Giles and Yale romanizations of Chinese use ts to represent an unaspirated voiceless alveolar affricate (IPA: /ts/). Wade-Giles also uses ts' to represent its aspirated equivalent (IPA: /tsʰ/). These are equivalent to Pinyin z and c, respectively.Japanese
The Hepburn romanization of Japanese uses ts to represent a voiceless alveolar affricate (IPA: [ts]). In native Japanese words this sound only occurs before the vowel u, but it may occur before other vowels in loanwords. Other romanization systems write [tsu] as tu.Tagalog
Ts in Tagalog is used to represent [tʃ].
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