Ţ

The letter Ţ, known as T-cedilla, is a special character used in some languages. It looks like the letter T with a small tail, called a cedilla, underneath it. This letter is part of the alphabet used by the Gagauz people and helps them write the “ts” sound, like in the word “bolts.”

In other languages, such as Manjak and Mankanya, Ţ is used to show a different kind of “t” sound. And in the Trumai language, it marks a special “t” sound made with the tip of the tongue against the roof of the mouth.

This letter has both an uppercase form, Ţ, and a lowercase form, ţ. Each form has its own special code, called a Unicode, which helps computers understand and display it correctly.

Usage

The small version of this letter is sometimes used in words from Semitic languages.

It is part of the Gagauz alphabet, where it makes the "ts" sound, like in the word "bolts".

This letter was once used in Kabyle (a Berber language) for the same "ts" sound, but now people write two t’s together, like in "tt".

Romanian

Main article: T-comma

In the past, the letter Ț (T-comma) in Romanian was seen as just a different shape of Ţ. It wasn’t included in special character rules at first. It was added later in 1999, but some Romanian texts still use Ţ instead.

Character encoding

The T-cedilla uses a special symbol in writing. We can show this letter on the internet using HTML, but not every web browser can display it.