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{{short description|Latin letter S with vertical tick below}}
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'''S̩''' ([[Lower case|minuscule]]: '''s̩''') is a letter of the [[Latin alphabet]], formed from [[S]] with the addition of a vertical line below it. It is used in [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]] to represent the sound {{IPAblink|ʃ}} (like English "sh").<ref>{{Cite web |title=S {{!}} Letter, History, Etymology, & Pronunciation {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/S-letter |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
The line is sometimes replaced by a [[dot (diacritic)|dot]], i.e. '''[[Ṣ|Ṣ ṣ]]'''.
{{IPA|[s̩]}} is also the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] symbol for a [[syllabic consonant|syllabic]] "s" sound.
==Computer encoding==
[[Unicode]] does not include [[precomposed character]]s for S̩ s̩ — they should be represented with a [[combining character]], which may not align properly or may display as squares in some [[typeface|fonts]]. Nevertheless, the sequence of base character + combining diacritic is given a unique name.
In Unicode:
* '''S̩''': {{unichar|0053|LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S|html=|size=100%}} + {{unichar|0329|COMBINING VERTICAL LINE BELOW|html=|size=100%}}
* '''s̩''': {{unichar|0073|LATIN SMALL LETTER S|html=|size=100%}} + {{unichar|0329|COMBINING VERTICAL LINE BELOW|html=|size=100%}}
{{Latin script|S̩}}
==References==
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