EDIT A nice character in search of an identity? [not sure if this entry is appropriate or belongs under this heading]

The letter c represents a number of different phonetic values (alone or in combination with another character, e.g., h). The title of this entry illustrates a few of these in English. It seems redundant with k or s in many languages - at least from a phonological (?) point of view. Some languages use it alone (or doubled) to represent the affricate ch sound as in English chair. Chinese pinyin uses it to represent a ts sound.

 DonOsborn 

EDIT Articulation

+ German [tse:]
+ English [si:]
+ French [se]

+ Source //
Mangold, Max. Duden. Das Aussprachewörterbuch. 6. Auflage. Bibliographisches
Institut F. A. Brockhaus AG: Mannheim, 2005.

 FrauFriedrich 

EDIT International Phonetic Alphabet

+ Consonant
+ Sound example

+ Alternatives // unknown
+ Former versions // unknown
+ Origin // Latin alphabet, small letter

+ In the IPA since 1900
+ IPA number 107

+ This sound can be found in Albanian, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Irish, Macedonian, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovak, Turkish and Vietnamese.


Synonyms

English
+ Official name in the IPA // ›voiceless palatal fricative‹


+ Source //
Principles of the International Phonetic Association, London, 1949. /
Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 1989. /
Wikipedia. Die Liste der IPA-Zeichen & History of the International Phonetic Alphabet. /
Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet. /
Pullum, Geoffrey and William A. Ladusaw. Phonetic Symbol Guide. Second edition.

 FrauFriedrich