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 when writing words from Semitic languages.

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

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

Romanian

Main article: T-comma

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

Character encoding

The T-cedilla has a special symbol used in writing. There is a way to show this letter on the internet using something called HTML, but not all web browsers can display it.