List of Latin-script pentagraphs

In the Latin script, pentagraphs are found primarily in Irish orthography. There is one archaic pentagraph in German orthography, which is found in the English word Nietzschean.

Irish

Used between a velarized ("broad") and a platalized ("slender") consonant:

To write the sound /əu̯/ (in Donegal, /oː/):

abhai, amhai, obhai, odhai, and oghai

To write the sound /əi̯/ (in Donegal, /eː/):

adhai, aghai

To write the sound /əi̯/:

oidhi and oighi

To write the sound /oː/:

omhai

Used between a slender and a broad consonant:

To write the sound /əu̯/ (in Donegal, /oː/):

eabha and eamha

To write the sound /əi̯/ (in Donegal, /eː/):

eadha

Used between two slender consonants:

To write the sound /əi̯/: eidhi and eighi

Dutch

sjtsj is used as the transcription of the Cyrillic letter Щ, representing the consonant /ɕː/ in Russian, for example in the name Chroesjtsjov.

French

chtch is used as the transcription of the Cyrillic letter Щ, representing the consonant /ɕː/ in Russian, for example in the name Khrouchtchev.

German

tzsch was once used in German to write the sound /tʃ/. It has largely been replaced by the tetragraph tsch, but is still found in proper names such as Nietzsche.

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