List of Latin-script pentagraphs

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In the

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

⟨abhai⟩, ⟨obhai⟩, ⟨odhai⟩, and ⟨oghai⟩ are used to write /əu̯/ (/oː/ in Ulster)

⟨amhai⟩ is used to write /əu̯/

⟨adhai⟩ and ⟨aghai⟩ are used to write /əi̯/ (/eː/ in Ulster)

⟨aidhe⟩, ⟨aighe⟩, ⟨oidhi⟩, ⟨oidhe⟩, ⟨oighi⟩ and ⟨oidhe⟩ are used to write /əi̯/

⟨omhai⟩ is used to write /oː/

⟨umhai⟩ is used to write /uː/

Used between a slender and a broad consonant:

⟨eabha⟩ and ⟨eobha⟩ used to write /əu̯/ (/oː/ in Ulster)

⟨eamha⟩ is used to write /əu̯/

⟨eadha⟩ and ⟨eagha⟩ are used to write /əi̯/ (/eː/ in Ulster)

⟨eomha⟩ is used to write /oː/

Used between two slender consonants:

⟨eidhi⟩ and ⟨eighi⟩ are used to write /əi̯/:

Dutch

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

English

⟨augha⟩ is used in the English names Gaughan and Vaughan to represent the sound /ɔː/.

French

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

⟨cques⟩ is pronounced as /k(ə)/ when the silent plural suffix -s is added to the tetragraph cque and in the proper name Jacques.

German

⟨tzsch⟩ was once used in German to write the sound /tʃ/. It has largely been replaced by the