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In the
Latin script The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern I ...
,
pentagraph A pentagraph (from the el, πέντε, ''pénte'', "five" and γράφω, ''gráphō'', "write") is a sequence of five letters used to represent a single sound (phoneme), or a combination of sounds, that do not correspond to the individual values ...
s are found primarily in
Irish orthography Irish orthography is very etymological which allows the same written form to represent all dialects of Irish and remain regular. For example, ("head") may be read in Mayo and Ulster, in Galway, or in Munster. A spelling reform in the mid- ...
. There is one archaic pentagraph in
German orthography German orthography is the orthography used in writing the German language, which is largely phonemic. However, it shows many instances of spellings that are historic or analogous to other spellings rather than phonemic. The pronunciation of al ...
, which is found in the English word '' Nietzschean''.


Irish

''Used between a
velarized Velarization is a secondary articulation of consonants by which the back of the tongue is raised toward the velum during the articulation of the consonant. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, velarization is transcribed by one of four d ...
("broad") and a palatalized ("slender") consonant:'' To write the sound (in Donegal, ): :, , , , and To write the sound (in Donegal, ): :, To write the sound : : and To write the sound : : ''Used between a slender and a broad consonant:'' To write the sound (in Donegal, ): : and To write the sound (in Donegal, ): : ''Used between two slender consonants:'' :To write the sound : and


Dutch

is used as the transcription of the Cyrillic letter Щ, representing the consonant in
Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
, for example in the name ''Chroesjtsjov''.


English

is used in the
English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...
names '' Gaughan'' and ''
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'' to represent the sound /ɔː/.


French

is used as the transcription of the Cyrillic letter Щ, representing the consonant in
Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
, for example in the name ''Khrouchtchev''.


German

was once used in German to write the sound . It has largely been replaced by the
tetragraph A tetragraph (from the el, τετρα-, ''tetra-'', "four" and γράφω, ''gráphō'', "write") is a sequence of four letters used to represent a single sound (phoneme), or a combination of sounds, that do not necessarily correspond to the indi ...
, but is still found in
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s such as Tzschirner,
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, and Delitzsch. {{Latin script